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gearing en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The ratio of a system of gears.
    • The 4×4 could climb well, as it had relatively low gearing.
  2. (countable, uncountable) Harness; working implements.
  3. (countable, uncountable) A train of toothed wheels and pinions.
    • Hoisting, derricking, slewing, and travelling are by means of independent 600-volt motors through reduction gearing. 1956 May, “London Transport Diesel-Electric Cranes”, in Railway Magazine, page 337:
  4. (countable, uncountable) Synonym of leverage (“debt-to-equity ratio”).

Forms

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Deriveds

negative gearing · Hooke's gearing · pivot gearing · spur gearing

Synonyms

leverage

gearing en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of gear
    form of gear