gearing

1. Wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed (synset 103436655)
   "the fool got his tie caught in the geartrain"
   is a type of: wheelwork - mechanical device including an arrangement of wheel in a machine (especially a train of gears)
   subtypes:

   • epicyclic gear train, epicyclic train - a system of epicyclic gears in which at least one wheel axis itself revolves about another fixed axis
   • reduction gear - gearing that reduces an input speed to a slower output speed
   is a part of: engine - motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work
   same as: gear, geartrain, power train, train

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