| slovo | definícia |
gear
(encz) | gear,mechanizmus n: Zdeněk Brož |
gear
(encz) | gear,ozubené kolo Zdeněk Brož |
gear
(encz) | gear,rychlostní stupeň Zdeněk Brož |
gear
(encz) | gear,výbava n: Pino |
gear
(encz) | gear,výstroj Zdeněk Brož |
gear
(encz) | gear,výzbroj Zdeněk Brož |
Gear
(gcide) | Gear \Gear\, v. i. (Mach.)
To be in, or come into, gear.
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Gear
(gcide) | Gear \Gear\ (g[=e]r), n. [OE. gere, ger, AS. gearwe clothing,
adornment, armor, fr. gearo, gearu, ready, yare; akin to OHG.
garaw[imac], garw[imac] ornament, dress. See Yare, and cf.
Garb dress.]
1. Clothing; garments; ornaments.
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Array thyself in thy most gorgeous gear. --Spenser.
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2. Goods; property; household stuff. --Chaucer.
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Homely gear and common ware. --Robynson
(More's
Utopia).
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3. Whatever is prepared for use or wear; manufactured stuff
or material.
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Clad in a vesture of unknown gear. --Spenser.
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4. The harness of horses or cattle; trapping.
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5. Warlike accouterments. [Scot.] --Jamieson.
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6. Manner; custom; behavior. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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7. Business matters; affairs; concern. [Obs.]
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Thus go they both together to their gear. --Spenser.
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8. (Mech.)
(a) A toothed wheel, or cogwheel; as, a spur gear, or a
bevel gear; also, toothed wheels, collectively.
(b) An apparatus for performing a special function;
gearing; as, the feed gear of a lathe.
(c) Engagement of parts with each other; as, in gear; out
of gear.
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9. pl. (Naut.) See 1st Jeer
(b) .
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10. Anything worthless; stuff; nonsense; rubbish. [Obs. or
Prov. Eng.] --Wright.
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That servant of his that confessed and uttered this
gear was an honest man. --Latimer.
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Bever gear. See Bevel gear.
Core gear, a mortise gear, or its skeleton. See {Mortise
wheel}, under Mortise.
Expansion gear (Steam Engine), the arrangement of parts for
cutting off steam at a certain part of the stroke, so as
to leave it to act upon the piston expansively; the
cut-off. See under Expansion.
Feed gear. See Feed motion, under Feed, n.
Gear cutter, a machine or tool for forming the teeth of
gear wheels by cutting.
Gear wheel, any cogwheel.
Running gear. See under Running.
To throw in gear or To throw out of gear (Mach.), to
connect or disconnect (wheelwork or couplings, etc.); to
put in, or out of, working relation.
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Gear
(gcide) | Gear \Gear\ (g[=e]r) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Geared (g[=e]rd); p.
pr. & vb. n. Gearing.]
1. To dress; to put gear on; to harness.
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2. (Mach.) To provide with gearing.
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3. To adapt toward some specific purpose; as, they geared
their advertising for maximum effect among teenagers.
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Double geared, driven through twofold compound gearing, to
increase the force or speed; -- said of a machine.
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gear
(wn) | gear
n 1: a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in
order to change the speed or direction of transmitted
motion [syn: gear, gear wheel, geared wheel,
cogwheel]
2: wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by
which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed;
"the fool got his tie caught in the geartrain" [syn:
gearing, gear, geartrain, power train, train]
3: a mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose
(as the steering gear of a vehicle) [syn: gear, {gear
mechanism}]
4: equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a
particular operation or sport etc. [syn: gear,
paraphernalia, appurtenance]
v 1: set the level or character of; "She pitched her speech to
the teenagers in the audience" [syn: gear, pitch] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
ass into gear
(mass) | ass into gear
- pracovať |
low gear
(mass) | low gear
- pomaly |
ass into gear
(encz) | ass into gear,činnost n: Zdeněk Brožass into gear,pracovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
chafing gear
(encz) | chafing gear, n: |
differential gear
(encz) | differential gear,diferenciál Zdeněk Brož |
dogear
(encz) | dogear, |
double-geared
(encz) | double-geared, adj: |
epicyclic gear
(encz) | epicyclic gear, n: |
epicyclic gear train
(encz) | epicyclic gear train, n: |
first gear
(encz) | first gear,první rychlost Pavel Cvrček |
fishing gear
(encz) | fishing gear, n: |
footgear
(encz) | footgear, n: |
foul-weather gear
(encz) | foul-weather gear, n: |
gear case
(encz) | gear case, n: |
gear lever
(encz) | gear lever,řadící páka n: Pino |
gear mechanism
(encz) | gear mechanism, n: |
gear stick
(encz) | gear stick,řadící páka Jiří Voseček |
gear up
(encz) | gear up,řadit vyšší rychlost n: Zdeněk Brožgear up,zařadit větší rychlost v: parkmaj |
gear wheel
(encz) | gear wheel, n: |
gearbox
(encz) | gearbox,převodovka n: Zdeněk Brož |
gearboxes
(encz) | gearboxes,převodovky n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
geared
(encz) | geared,ozubený adj: Zdeněk Brožgeared,přizpůsobený adj: Oldřich Švec |
gearing
(encz) | gearing,ozubení n: Zdeněk Brožgearing,převod n: Zdeněk Brožgearing,převodování n: Zdeněk Brož |
gearing ratio
(encz) | gearing ratio, |
gears
(encz) | gears,převody n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
gearset
(encz) | gearset, n: |
gearshift
(encz) | gearshift, n: |
gearstick
(encz) | gearstick, n: |
geartrain
(encz) | geartrain, n: |
geary
(encz) | Geary,Geary n: [jmén.] příjmení, okres v USA Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překlad |
give you the gears
(encz) | give you the gears, |
headgear
(encz) | headgear,pokrývka hlavy Zdeněk Brožheadgear,přilba n: Zdeněk Brožheadgear,vrtná souprava n: Zdeněk Brož |
high gear
(encz) | high gear, n: |
in gear
(encz) | in gear, adj: |
landing gear
(encz) | landing gear,přistávací kolo n: mamm |
low gear
(encz) | low gear,pomalu [hovor.] v autě apod. Ritchie |
out of gear
(encz) | out of gear, adj: |
pinion and ring gear
(encz) | pinion and ring gear, n: |
planet gear
(encz) | planet gear,planetové soukolí n: Clock |
planetary gear
(encz) | planetary gear,planetové soukolí n: Clock |
reduction gear
(encz) | reduction gear, n: |
second gear
(encz) | second gear, n: |
spur gear
(encz) | spur gear, n: |
stable gear
(encz) | stable gear, n: |
steering gear
(encz) | steering gear, n: |
sun gear
(encz) | sun gear, n: |
switchgear
(encz) | switchgear,spínací ústrojí Zdeněk Brožswitchgear,spínač n: Zdeněk Brož |
third gear
(encz) | third gear, n: |
ungeared
(encz) | ungeared, adj: |
worm gear
(encz) | worm gear,šnekové kolo n: Zdeněk Brožworm gear,šnekové soukolí n: Zdeněk Brož |
geary
(czen) | Geary,Gearyn: [jmén.] příjmení, okres v USA Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překlad |
Automatic expansion gear
(gcide) | Expansion \Ex*pan"sion\, n. [L. expansio: cf. F. expansion.]
1. The act of expanding or spreading out; the condition of
being expanded; dilation; enlargement.
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2. That which is expanded; expanse; extend surface; as, the
expansion of a sheet or of a lake; the expansion was
formed of metal.
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The starred expansion of the skies. --Beattie.
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3. Space through which anything is expanded; also, pure
space.
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Lost in expansion, void and infinite. --Blackmore.
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4. (Economics & Commmerce) an increase in the production of
goods and services over time, and in the volume of
business transactions, generally associated with an
increase in employment and an increase in the money
supply. Opposite of contraction.
Syn: economic expansion. [1913 Webster +PJC]
5. (Math.) The developed result of an indicated operation;
as, the expansion of (a + b)^2 is a^2 + 2ab + b^2.
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6. (Steam Engine) The operation of steam in a cylinder after
its communication with the boiler has been cut off, by
which it continues to exert pressure upon the moving
piston.
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7. (Nav. Arch.) The enlargement of the ship mathematically
from a model or drawing to the full or building size, in
the process of construction. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.
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Note: Expansion is also used adjectively, as in expansion
joint, expansion gear, etc.
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8. an enlarged or extended version of something, such as a
writing or discourse; as, the journal article is an
expansion of the lecture she gave.
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9. an expansion joint. See below. [Colloq. or jargon]
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Expansion curve, a curve the co["o]rdinates of which show
the relation between the pressure and volume of expanding
gas or vapor; esp. (Steam engine), that part of an
indicator diagram which shows the declining pressure of
the steam as it expands in the cylinder.
Expansion gear (Steam Engine). a cut-off gear. See Illust.
of Link motion.
Automatic expansion gear or Automatic cut-off, one that
is regulated by the governor, and varies the supply of
steam to the engine with the demand for power.
Fixed expansion gear, or Fixed cut-off, one that always
operates at the same fixed point of the stroke.
Expansion joint, or Expansion coupling (Mech. & Engin.),
a yielding joint or coupling for so uniting parts of a
machine or structure that expansion, as by heat, is
prevented from causing injurious strains; as:
(a) A slide or set of rollers, at the end of bridge truss,
to support it but allow end play.
(b) A telescopic joint in a steam pipe, to permit one part
of the pipe to slide within the other.
(c) A clamp for holding a locomotive frame to the boiler
while allowing lengthwise motion.
(d) a strip of compressible material placed at intervals
between blocks of poured concrete, as in roads or
sidewalks.
Expansion valve (Steam Engine), a cut-off valve, to shut
off steam from the cylinder before the end of each stroke.
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Bevel gear
(gcide) | Bevel gear \Bev"el gear`\ (Mech.)
A kind of gear in which the two wheels working together lie
in different planes, and have their teeth cut at right angles
to the surfaces of two cones whose apices coincide with the
point where the axes of the wheels would meet.
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Bever gear
(gcide) | Gear \Gear\ (g[=e]r), n. [OE. gere, ger, AS. gearwe clothing,
adornment, armor, fr. gearo, gearu, ready, yare; akin to OHG.
garaw[imac], garw[imac] ornament, dress. See Yare, and cf.
Garb dress.]
1. Clothing; garments; ornaments.
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Array thyself in thy most gorgeous gear. --Spenser.
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2. Goods; property; household stuff. --Chaucer.
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Homely gear and common ware. --Robynson
(More's
Utopia).
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3. Whatever is prepared for use or wear; manufactured stuff
or material.
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Clad in a vesture of unknown gear. --Spenser.
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4. The harness of horses or cattle; trapping.
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5. Warlike accouterments. [Scot.] --Jamieson.
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6. Manner; custom; behavior. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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7. Business matters; affairs; concern. [Obs.]
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Thus go they both together to their gear. --Spenser.
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8. (Mech.)
(a) A toothed wheel, or cogwheel; as, a spur gear, or a
bevel gear; also, toothed wheels, collectively.
(b) An apparatus for performing a special function;
gearing; as, the feed gear of a lathe.
(c) Engagement of parts with each other; as, in gear; out
of gear.
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9. pl. (Naut.) See 1st Jeer
(b) .
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10. Anything worthless; stuff; nonsense; rubbish. [Obs. or
Prov. Eng.] --Wright.
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That servant of his that confessed and uttered this
gear was an honest man. --Latimer.
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Bever gear. See Bevel gear.
Core gear, a mortise gear, or its skeleton. See {Mortise
wheel}, under Mortise.
Expansion gear (Steam Engine), the arrangement of parts for
cutting off steam at a certain part of the stroke, so as
to leave it to act upon the piston expansively; the
cut-off. See under Expansion.
Feed gear. See Feed motion, under Feed, n.
Gear cutter, a machine or tool for forming the teeth of
gear wheels by cutting.
Gear wheel, any cogwheel.
Running gear. See under Running.
To throw in gear or To throw out of gear (Mach.), to
connect or disconnect (wheelwork or couplings, etc.); to
put in, or out of, working relation.
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Chafing gear
(gcide) | Chafing \Chaf"ing\, n. [See Chafe, v. t.]
The act of rubbing, or wearing by friction; making by
rubbing.
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Chafing dish, a dish or vessel for cooking on the table, or
for keeping food warm, either by coals, by a lamp, or by
hot water; a portable grate for coals.
Chafing gear (Naut.), any material used to protect sails,
rigging, or the like, at points where they are exposed to
friction.
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Change gear
(gcide) | Change gear \Change gear\ (Mach.)
A gear by means of which the speed of machinery or of a
vehicle may be changed while that of the propelling engine or
motor remains constant; -- called also change-speed gear.
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change-speed gear
(gcide) | Change gear \Change gear\ (Mach.)
A gear by means of which the speed of machinery or of a
vehicle may be changed while that of the propelling engine or
motor remains constant; -- called also change-speed gear.
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Clash gear
(gcide) | Clash gear \Clash gear\ (Mach.)
A change-speed gear in which the gears are changed by sliding
endwise.
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compensating gearing
(gcide) | Jack-in-a-box \Jack-in-a-box\
1. (Bot.) A tropical tree (Hernandia sonora), which bears a
drupe that rattles when dry in the inflated calyx.
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2. A child's toy, consisting of a box, out of which, when the
lid is raised, a figure (usually a clown) springs; also
called jack-in-the-box.
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3. (Mech.) An epicyclic train of bevel gears for transmitting
rotary motion to two parts in such a manner that their
relative rotation may be variable; applied to driving the
wheels of tricycles, road locomotives, and to cotton
machinery, etc.; an equation box; a jack frame; -- called
also compensating gearing.
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4. A large wooden screw turning in a nut attached to the
crosspiece of a rude press.
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Core gear
(gcide) | Gear \Gear\ (g[=e]r), n. [OE. gere, ger, AS. gearwe clothing,
adornment, armor, fr. gearo, gearu, ready, yare; akin to OHG.
garaw[imac], garw[imac] ornament, dress. See Yare, and cf.
Garb dress.]
1. Clothing; garments; ornaments.
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Array thyself in thy most gorgeous gear. --Spenser.
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2. Goods; property; household stuff. --Chaucer.
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Homely gear and common ware. --Robynson
(More's
Utopia).
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3. Whatever is prepared for use or wear; manufactured stuff
or material.
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Clad in a vesture of unknown gear. --Spenser.
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4. The harness of horses or cattle; trapping.
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5. Warlike accouterments. [Scot.] --Jamieson.
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6. Manner; custom; behavior. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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7. Business matters; affairs; concern. [Obs.]
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Thus go they both together to their gear. --Spenser.
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8. (Mech.)
(a) A toothed wheel, or cogwheel; as, a spur gear, or a
bevel gear; also, toothed wheels, collectively.
(b) An apparatus for performing a special function;
gearing; as, the feed gear of a lathe.
(c) Engagement of parts with each other; as, in gear; out
of gear.
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9. pl. (Naut.) See 1st Jeer
(b) .
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10. Anything worthless; stuff; nonsense; rubbish. [Obs. or
Prov. Eng.] --Wright.
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That servant of his that confessed and uttered this
gear was an honest man. --Latimer.
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Bever gear. See Bevel gear.
Core gear, a mortise gear, or its skeleton. See {Mortise
wheel}, under Mortise.
Expansion gear (Steam Engine), the arrangement of parts for
cutting off steam at a certain part of the stroke, so as
to leave it to act upon the piston expansively; the
cut-off. See under Expansion.
Feed gear. See Feed motion, under Feed, n.
Gear cutter, a machine or tool for forming the teeth of
gear wheels by cutting.
Gear wheel, any cogwheel.
Running gear. See under Running.
To throw in gear or To throw out of gear (Mach.), to
connect or disconnect (wheelwork or couplings, etc.); to
put in, or out of, working relation.
[1913 Webster]Mortise \Mor"tise\, n. [F. mortaise; cf. Sp. mortaja, Ar.
murtazz fixed, or W. mortais, Ir. mortis, moirtis, Gael.
moirteis.]
A cavity cut into a piece of timber, or other material, to
receive something (as the end of another piece) made to fit
it, and called a tenon.
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Mortise and tenon (Carp.), made with a mortise and tenon;
joined or united by means of a mortise and tenon; -- used
adjectively.
Mortise joint, a joint made by a mortise and tenon.
Mortise lock. See under Lock.
Mortise wheel, a cast-iron wheel, with wooden clogs
inserted in mortises on its face or edge; -- also called
mortise gear, and core gear.
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core gear
(gcide) | Gear \Gear\ (g[=e]r), n. [OE. gere, ger, AS. gearwe clothing,
adornment, armor, fr. gearo, gearu, ready, yare; akin to OHG.
garaw[imac], garw[imac] ornament, dress. See Yare, and cf.
Garb dress.]
1. Clothing; garments; ornaments.
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Array thyself in thy most gorgeous gear. --Spenser.
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2. Goods; property; household stuff. --Chaucer.
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Homely gear and common ware. --Robynson
(More's
Utopia).
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3. Whatever is prepared for use or wear; manufactured stuff
or material.
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Clad in a vesture of unknown gear. --Spenser.
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4. The harness of horses or cattle; trapping.
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5. Warlike accouterments. [Scot.] --Jamieson.
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6. Manner; custom; behavior. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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7. Business matters; affairs; concern. [Obs.]
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Thus go they both together to their gear. --Spenser.
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8. (Mech.)
(a) A toothed wheel, or cogwheel; as, a spur gear, or a
bevel gear; also, toothed wheels, collectively.
(b) An apparatus for performing a special function;
gearing; as, the feed gear of a lathe.
(c) Engagement of parts with each other; as, in gear; out
of gear.
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9. pl. (Naut.) See 1st Jeer
(b) .
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10. Anything worthless; stuff; nonsense; rubbish. [Obs. or
Prov. Eng.] --Wright.
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That servant of his that confessed and uttered this
gear was an honest man. --Latimer.
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Bever gear. See Bevel gear.
Core gear, a mortise gear, or its skeleton. See {Mortise
wheel}, under Mortise.
Expansion gear (Steam Engine), the arrangement of parts for
cutting off steam at a certain part of the stroke, so as
to leave it to act upon the piston expansively; the
cut-off. See under Expansion.
Feed gear. See Feed motion, under Feed, n.
Gear cutter, a machine or tool for forming the teeth of
gear wheels by cutting.
Gear wheel, any cogwheel.
Running gear. See under Running.
To throw in gear or To throw out of gear (Mach.), to
connect or disconnect (wheelwork or couplings, etc.); to
put in, or out of, working relation.
[1913 Webster]Mortise \Mor"tise\, n. [F. mortaise; cf. Sp. mortaja, Ar.
murtazz fixed, or W. mortais, Ir. mortis, moirtis, Gael.
moirteis.]
A cavity cut into a piece of timber, or other material, to
receive something (as the end of another piece) made to fit
it, and called a tenon.
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Mortise and tenon (Carp.), made with a mortise and tenon;
joined or united by means of a mortise and tenon; -- used
adjectively.
Mortise joint, a joint made by a mortise and tenon.
Mortise lock. See under Lock.
Mortise wheel, a cast-iron wheel, with wooden clogs
inserted in mortises on its face or edge; -- also called
mortise gear, and core gear.
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Differential gearing
(gcide) | differential \dif`fer*en"tial\, a. [Cf. F. diff['e]rentiel.]
1. Relating to or indicating a difference; creating a
difference; discriminating; special; as, differential
characteristics; differential duties; a differential rate.
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For whom he produced differential favors. --Motley.
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2. (Math.) Of or pertaining to a differential, or to
differentials.
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3. (Mech.) Relating to differences of motion or leverage;
producing effects by such differences; said of mechanism.
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Differential calculus. (Math.) See under Calculus.
Differential coefficient, the limit of the ratio of the
increment of a function of a variable to the increment of
the variable itself, when these increments are made
indefinitely small.
Differential coupling, a form of slip coupling used in
light machinery to regulate at pleasure the velocity of
the connected shaft.
Differential duties (Polit. Econ.), duties which are not
imposed equally upon the same products imported from
different countries.
Differential galvanometer (Elec.), a galvanometer having
two coils or circuits, usually equal, through which
currents passing in opposite directions are measured by
the difference of their effect upon the needle.
Differential gearing, a train of toothed wheels, usually an
epicyclic train, so arranged as to constitute a
differential motion.
Differential motion, a mechanism in which a simple
differential combination produces such a change of motion
or force as would, with ordinary compound arrangements,
require a considerable train of parts. It is used for
overcoming great resistance or producing very slow or very
rapid motion.
Differential pulley. (Mach.)
(a) A portable hoisting apparatus, the same in principle
as the differential windlass.
(b) A hoisting pulley to which power is applied through a
differential gearing.
Differential screw, a compound screw by which a motion is
produced equal to the difference of the motions of the
component screws.
Differential thermometer, a thermometer usually with a
U-shaped tube terminating in two air bulbs, and containing
a colored liquid, used for indicating the difference
between the temperatures to which the two bulbs are
exposed, by the change of position of the colored fluid,
in consequence of the different expansions of the air in
the bulbs. A graduated scale is attached to one leg of the
tube.
Differential windlass, or Chinese windlass, a windlass
whose barrel has two parts of different diameters. The
hoisting rope winds upon one part as it unwinds from the
other, and a pulley sustaining the weight to be lifted
hangs in the bight of the rope. It is an ancient example
of a differential motion.
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dog-ear
(gcide) | dog-ear \dog-ear\ n.
a corner of a page turned down to mark a place.
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dog-eared
(gcide) | dog-eared \dog"-eared`\, a.
1. Having the corners of the leaves turned down and soiled by
careless or long-continued usage; -- said of a book; as,
an old book with dog-eared pages.
Note: Making a page dog-eared is sometimes done deliberately
to mark a location in a book.
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Statute books before unopened, not dog-eared.
--Ld.
Mansfield.
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2. worn down, shabby.
Syn: eared.
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Double geared
(gcide) | Gear \Gear\ (g[=e]r) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Geared (g[=e]rd); p.
pr. & vb. n. Gearing.]
1. To dress; to put gear on; to harness.
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2. (Mach.) To provide with gearing.
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3. To adapt toward some specific purpose; as, they geared
their advertising for maximum effect among teenagers.
[PJC]
Double geared, driven through twofold compound gearing, to
increase the force or speed; -- said of a machine.
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Drawgear
(gcide) | Drawgear \Draw"gear`\, n.
1. A harness for draught horses.
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2. (Railroad) The means or parts by which cars are connected
to be drawn.
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Eccentric gear
(gcide) | Eccentric \Ec*cen"tric\ ([e^]k*s[e^]n"tr[i^]k), a. [F.
excentrique, formerly also spelled eccentrique, fr. LL.
eccentros out of the center, eccentric, Gr. 'e`kkentros; 'ek
out of + ke`ntron center. See Ex-, and Center, and cf.
Excentral.]
1. Deviating or departing from the center, or from the line
of a circle; as, an eccentric or elliptical orbit;
pertaining to deviation from the center or from true
circular motion.
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2. Not having the same center; -- said of circles, ellipses,
spheres, etc., which, though coinciding, either in whole
or in part, as to area or volume, have not the same
center; -- opposed to concentric.
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3. (Mach.) Pertaining to an eccentric; as, the eccentric rod
in a steam engine.
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4. Not coincident as to motive or end.
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His own ends, which must needs be often eccentric to
those of his master. --Bacon.
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5. Deviating from stated methods, usual practice, or
established forms or laws; deviating from an appointed
sphere or way; departing from the usual course; irregular;
anomalous; odd; as, eccentric conduct. "This brave and
eccentric young man." --Macaulay.
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He shines eccentric, like a comet's blaze. --Savage.
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Eccentric anomaly. (Astron.) See Anomaly.
Eccentric chuck (Mach.), a lathe chuck so constructed that
the work held by it may be altered as to its center of
motion, so as to produce combinations of eccentric
combinations of eccentric circles.
Eccentric gear. (Mach.)
(a) The whole apparatus, strap, and other parts, by which
the motion of an eccentric is transmitted, as in the
steam engine.
(b) A cogwheel set to turn about an eccentric axis used to
give variable rotation.
Eccentric hook or Eccentric gab, a hook-shaped journal
box on the end of an eccentric rod, opposite the strap.
Eccentric rod, the rod that connects an eccentric strap
with any part to be acted upon by the eccentric.
Eccentric sheave, or Eccentric pulley, an eccentric.
Eccentric strap, the ring, operating as a journal box, that
encircles and receives motion from an eccentric; -- called
also eccentric hoop.
Syn: Irregular; anomalous; singular; odd; peculiar; erratic;
idiosyncratic; strange; whimsical.
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Engaging and disengaging gear
(gcide) | Engaging \En*ga"ging\, a.
Tending to draw the attention or affections; attractive; as,
engaging manners or address. -- En*ga"ging*ly, adv. --
En*ga"ging*ness, n.
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Engaging and disengaging gear or {Engaging and disengaging
machinery}, that in which, or by means of which, one part is
alternately brought into gear or out of gear with another
part, as occasion may require.
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Expansion gear
(gcide) | Gear \Gear\ (g[=e]r), n. [OE. gere, ger, AS. gearwe clothing,
adornment, armor, fr. gearo, gearu, ready, yare; akin to OHG.
garaw[imac], garw[imac] ornament, dress. See Yare, and cf.
Garb dress.]
1. Clothing; garments; ornaments.
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Array thyself in thy most gorgeous gear. --Spenser.
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2. Goods; property; household stuff. --Chaucer.
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Homely gear and common ware. --Robynson
(More's
Utopia).
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3. Whatever is prepared for use or wear; manufactured stuff
or material.
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Clad in a vesture of unknown gear. --Spenser.
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4. The harness of horses or cattle; trapping.
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5. Warlike accouterments. [Scot.] --Jamieson.
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6. Manner; custom; behavior. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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7. Business matters; affairs; concern. [Obs.]
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Thus go they both together to their gear. --Spenser.
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8. (Mech.)
(a) A toothed wheel, or cogwheel; as, a spur gear, or a
bevel gear; also, toothed wheels, collectively.
(b) An apparatus for performing a special function;
gearing; as, the feed gear of a lathe.
(c) Engagement of parts with each other; as, in gear; out
of gear.
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9. pl. (Naut.) See 1st Jeer
(b) .
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10. Anything worthless; stuff; nonsense; rubbish. [Obs. or
Prov. Eng.] --Wright.
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That servant of his that confessed and uttered this
gear was an honest man. --Latimer.
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Bever gear. See Bevel gear.
Core gear, a mortise gear, or its skeleton. See {Mortise
wheel}, under Mortise.
Expansion gear (Steam Engine), the arrangement of parts for
cutting off steam at a certain part of the stroke, so as
to leave it to act upon the piston expansively; the
cut-off. See under Expansion.
Feed gear. See Feed motion, under Feed, n.
Gear cutter, a machine or tool for forming the teeth of
gear wheels by cutting.
Gear wheel, any cogwheel.
Running gear. See under Running.
To throw in gear or To throw out of gear (Mach.), to
connect or disconnect (wheelwork or couplings, etc.); to
put in, or out of, working relation.
[1913 Webster]Expansion \Ex*pan"sion\, n. [L. expansio: cf. F. expansion.]
1. The act of expanding or spreading out; the condition of
being expanded; dilation; enlargement.
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2. That which is expanded; expanse; extend surface; as, the
expansion of a sheet or of a lake; the expansion was
formed of metal.
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The starred expansion of the skies. --Beattie.
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3. Space through which anything is expanded; also, pure
space.
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Lost in expansion, void and infinite. --Blackmore.
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4. (Economics & Commmerce) an increase in the production of
goods and services over time, and in the volume of
business transactions, generally associated with an
increase in employment and an increase in the money
supply. Opposite of contraction.
Syn: economic expansion. [1913 Webster +PJC]
5. (Math.) The developed result of an indicated operation;
as, the expansion of (a + b)^2 is a^2 + 2ab + b^2.
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6. (Steam Engine) The operation of steam in a cylinder after
its communication with the boiler has been cut off, by
which it continues to exert pressure upon the moving
piston.
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7. (Nav. Arch.) The enlargement of the ship mathematically
from a model or drawing to the full or building size, in
the process of construction. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.
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Note: Expansion is also used adjectively, as in expansion
joint, expansion gear, etc.
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8. an enlarged or extended version of something, such as a
writing or discourse; as, the journal article is an
expansion of the lecture she gave.
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9. an expansion joint. See below. [Colloq. or jargon]
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Expansion curve, a curve the co["o]rdinates of which show
the relation between the pressure and volume of expanding
gas or vapor; esp. (Steam engine), that part of an
indicator diagram which shows the declining pressure of
the steam as it expands in the cylinder.
Expansion gear (Steam Engine). a cut-off gear. See Illust.
of Link motion.
Automatic expansion gear or Automatic cut-off, one that
is regulated by the governor, and varies the supply of
steam to the engine with the demand for power.
Fixed expansion gear, or Fixed cut-off, one that always
operates at the same fixed point of the stroke.
Expansion joint, or Expansion coupling (Mech. & Engin.),
a yielding joint or coupling for so uniting parts of a
machine or structure that expansion, as by heat, is
prevented from causing injurious strains; as:
(a) A slide or set of rollers, at the end of bridge truss,
to support it but allow end play.
(b) A telescopic joint in a steam pipe, to permit one part
of the pipe to slide within the other.
(c) A clamp for holding a locomotive frame to the boiler
while allowing lengthwise motion.
(d) a strip of compressible material placed at intervals
between blocks of poured concrete, as in roads or
sidewalks.
Expansion valve (Steam Engine), a cut-off valve, to shut
off steam from the cylinder before the end of each stroke.
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