gear changing

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• gear changing — switching of speeds or gears (in a bicycle, car, etc.) …   English contemporary dictionary

• gear ratio — The relationship between the number of turns made by a driving gear to complete one full turn of the driven gear. If the driving gear turns four times to turn the driven gear once, the gear ratio would be 4 to 1. In most instances, the gear ratio …   Dictionary of automotive terms

• Gear Krieg — is an alternate history game setting published by Dream Pod 9. It contains information suitable for role playing and wargaming a pulp fueled WWII, featuring walking tanks and epic tabletop battles. The Setting Gear Krieg is an alternate history… …   Wikipedia

• Gear stick — A gear stick (also known as gearstick, gear lever, selection lever, shift stick and gear shifter) is the lever used to change gear in a vehicle, such as an automobile, with manual transmission or several common forms of automatic transmission.… …   Wikipedia

• gear — I UK [ɡɪə(r)] / US [ɡɪr] noun Word forms gear : singular gear plural gears ** 1) [countable/uncountable] the part of an engine that changes engine power into movement. Most cars in the UK have 5 or 6 gears that you operate yourself change gear:… …   English dictionary

• gear — gear1 [ gır ] noun ** 1. ) count or uncount the part of an engine that changes engine power into movement. Most cars in the U.S. are automatics, so the engine changes between gears without the driver having to do anything: change gears: Helen… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• gear — /gɪə / (say gear) noun 1. Machinery a. a mechanism for transmitting or changing motion, as by toothed wheels. b. a toothed wheel which engages with another wheel or part. c. the connection or engagement of toothed wheels with each other: in gear; …  

• gear — [[t]gɪ͟ə(r)[/t]] ♦♦♦ gears, gearing, geared 1) N COUNT The gears on a machine or vehicle are a device for changing the rate at which energy is changed into motion. On hills, he must use low gears... The car was in fourth gear... He put the truck… …   English dictionary

• gear — 01. If you don t wash your hockey [gear], it will smell really bad tomorrow. 02. He bought some new scuba diving [gear] for his trip to Belize. 03. You shouldn t really change [gears] when you re in the middle of an intersection. 04. Police in… …   Grammatical examples in English

• gear shift — noun That part of a gearbox involved in changing gear; includes the gear lever and the forks attached to it …   Wiktionary

• gear oil — A heavy oil which is rated at 80 to 100 weight viscosity used in enclosed units containing gears. This oil infrequently or rarely needs changing. Also see EP gear oil …   Dictionary of automotive terms