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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. 1

    To provide with gearing; to fit with gears in order to achieve a desired gear ratio.

  2. 2

    To be in, or come into, gear.

  3. 3

    To dress; to put gear on; to harness.

  4. 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. 1

    The ratio of a system of gears.

    "The 4×4 could climb well, as it had relatively low gearing."

  2. 2

    Harness; working implements.

  3. 3

    A train of toothed wheels and pinions.

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