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GEAR definition: 1. a device, often consisting of connecting sets of wheels with teeth (= points) around the edge…. Learn more.
A wheel with teeth around its rim that mesh with the teeth of another wheel to transmit motion. Gears are used to transmit power (as in a car transmission) or change the direction of motion in a mechanism (as in a differential axle).
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.
1. a. : clothing, garments. b. : movable property : goods. 2. : equipment, paraphernalia. fishing gear. 3. a. : the rigging of a ship or boat. b. : the harness especially of horses. 4. dialectal, chiefly British : absurd talk : nonsense. 5. dialectal, chiefly British : doings. 6. a (1)
The noun gear refers to several things. First, it’s the equipment we need for a sport or event. A gear is also a wheel with teeth that interlocks with another gear to transmit motion in a machine.
gear. (gîr) A wheel with teeth around its rim that mesh with the teeth of another wheel to transmit motion. Gears are used to transmit power (as in a car transmission) or change the direction of motion in a mechanism (as in a differential axle).
GEAR meaning: 1 : supplies, tools, or clothes needed for a special purpose; 2 : clothes
