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Gearing
To provide with gearing; to fit with gears in order to achieve a desired gear ratio.
📖 Definitions of "Gearing"
verb
- 1
To provide with gearing; to fit with gears in order to achieve a desired gear ratio.
- 2
To be in, or come into, gear.
- 3
To dress; to put gear on; to harness.
- 4
(usually with to or toward(s)) To design or devise (something) so as to be suitable (for a particular type of person or a particular purpose).
"They have geared the hotel mainly at tourists."
noun
- 1
The ratio of a system of gears.
"The 4×4 could climb well, as it had relatively low gearing."
- 2
Harness; working implements.
- 3
A train of toothed wheels and pinions.
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