GEARTRAIN

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed

Example:

the fool got his tie caught in the geartrain

Synonyms:

gear; gearing; geartrain; power train; train

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("geartrain" is a kind of...):

wheelwork (mechanical device including an arrangement of wheel in a machine (especially a train of gears))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "geartrain"):

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)

Holonyms ("geartrain" is a part of...):

engine (motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work)