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1 ♦ gear
♦ gear /gɪə(r)/n.1 [cu] (mecc.) congegno; dispositivo; meccanismo; ingranaggio, ruota dentata: differential gear, (ingranaggio) differenziale; spiral gear, ingranaggio elicoidale; lifting gear, meccanismo di sollevamento2 ( di automobile) marcia, cambio; ( di bicicletta) moltiplica, rapporto; ( di cannone) cambio di mira: to change gear, cambiare (marcia); to crash the gears, grattare (le marce); to be in gear, avere la marcia ingranata (o inserita); to be out of gear, essere in folle; to shift gears, cambiare (marcia)4 [u] ( anche sport) attrezzatura; arnesi; attrezzi; equipaggiamento: climbing gear, attrezzatura da roccia; hunting gear, equipaggiamento per la caccia● gear-case, (mecc.) scatola degli ingranaggi; ( di bicicletta) copricatena □ gear change, (autom., mecc.) cambio di marcia; ( di bicicletta) cambio: gear change control, comando del cambio ( al manubrio) □ gear cutter, fabbricante d'ingranaggi; (mecc.) dentatrice □ (mecc.) gear drive, trasmissione a ingranaggi □ (autom.) gear lever, leva (o cloche) del cambio □ (autom.) gear ratio, rapporto di riduzione ( delle marce) □ gear shaft, (mecc.) albero portaingranaggi; (autom.) albero del cambio di velocità □ ( USA) gear shift = gear lever ► sopra □ gear stick ► gearstick □ (mecc.) gear teeth, dentatura □ (mecc.) gear train, ingranaggio (collett.); rotismo □ (autom.) to go into gear, ingranare; entrare (fam.) □ (autom.) in neutral ( gear), (cambio) in folle □ (fig.) in top gear, a pieno ritmo: We were working in top gear, lavoravamo a pieno ritmo □ (autom.) to move up a gear, cambiare passando a una marcia più alta; (fig.) aumentare gli sforzi; partire in quarta (fig.) □ (autom.) to put the engine into gear, ingranare la marcia □ to slip a gear (autom.) non ingranare una marcia; (fig.) fare uno sbaglio; sbagliare □ (autom.: della frizione) to slip out of gear, disinnestarsi, disinserirsi.(to) gear /gɪə(r)/A v. t.1 (mecc.) provvedere ( una macchina, ecc.) d'ingranaggi; mettere il cambio di velocità a ( una bicicletta, ecc.)4 (fig.) adeguare; adattare; modificare: to gear production to demand, modificare la produzione secondo le esigenze della domanda5 (fig.) preparare; attrezzareB v. i.(mecc.: di congegno, ecc.) ingranare; ingranare bene● to gear down, (mecc.) demoltiplicare con ingranaggi; (autom.) scalare le marce; (fig.) abbassare, ridurre, decelerare ( l'attività, la produzione, ecc.); rallentare □ to gear up, (mecc.) provvedere d'ingranaggi, moltiplicare con ingranaggi; (autom.) mettere (o ingranare, inserire) una marcia più alta; (fin.: di una società) aumentare il proprio indebitamento, indebitarsi ulteriormente; (fig.) potenziare, potenziarsi; aumentare, accelerare ( l'attività, la produzione, ecc.); (fig.) preparare; fare i preparativi; prepararsi: Rimini is gearing up for the tourist season, Rimini sta facendo i preparativi per la stagione turistica.
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