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The parts by which motion imparted to one portion of an engine or machine is transmitted to another, considered collectively; as, the valve gearing of locomotive engine; belt gearing; esp., a train of wheels for transmitting and varying motion in

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The parts by which motion imparted to one portion of an engine or machine is transmitted to another, considered collectively; as, the valve gearing of locomotive engine; belt gearing; esp., a train of wheels for transmitting and varying motion in machinery. Frictional gearing. See under Frictional. -- Gearing chain, an endless chain transmitted motion from one sprocket wheel to another. See Illust. of Chain wheel. -- Spur gearing, gearing in which the teeth or cogs are ranged round either the concave or the convex surface of a cylindrical wheel; -- for transmitting motion between parallel shafts, etc. (more info) 1. Harness.

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  • VALVE-SHELL
    Any fresh-water gastropod of the genus Valvata.
  • TRANSMITTER
    One who, or that which, transmits; specifically, that portion of a telegraphic or telephonic instrument by means of which a message is sent; -- opposed to receiver.
  • CONSIDERINGLY
    With consideration or deliberation.
  • MACHINER
    One who or operates a machine; a machinist.
  • ENGINER
    A contriver; an inventor; a contriver of engines. Shak.
  • ANOTHER-GUESS
    Of another sort. It used to go in another-guess manner. Arbuthnot.
  • ENGINERY
    1. The act or art of managing engines, or artillery. Milton. 2. Engines, in general; instruments of war. Training his devilish enginery. Milton. 3. Any device or contrivance; machinery; structure or arrangement. Shenstone.
  • MOTIONER
    One who makes a motion; a mover. Udall.
  • MOTIONIST
    A mover.
  • PORTIONIST
    One of the incumbents of a benefice which has two or more rectors or vicars. (more info) 1. A scholar at Merton College, Oxford, who has a certain academical allowance or portion; -- corrupted into postmaster. Shipley.
  • COLLECTIVELY
    In a mass, or body; in a collected state; in the aggregate; unitedly.
  • TRAINING
    The act of one who trains; the act or process of exercising, disciplining, etc.; education. Fan training , the operation of training fruit trees, grapevines, etc., so that the branches shall radiate from the stem like a fan. -- Horizontal training
  • IMPARTIAL
    Not partial; not favoring one more than another; treating all alike; unprejudiced; unbiased; disinterested; equitable; fair; just. Shak. Jove is impartial, and to both the same. Dryden. A comprehensive and impartial view. Macaulay.
  • TRAINABLE
    Capable of being trained or educated; as, boys trainable to virtue. Richardson.
  • WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
    Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
  • IMPARTIALIST
    One who is impartial. Boyle.
  • TRANSMITTIBLE
    Capable of being transmitted; transmissible.
  • CONSIDER
    consider, view attentively, prob. fr. con- + sidus, sideris, star, constellation; orig., therefore, to look at the stars. See Sidereal, 1. To fix the mind on, with a view to a careful examination; to thank on with care; to ponder; to study; to
  • GEAR
    See RELATION (more info) fr. gearo, gearu, ready, yare; akin to OHG. garawi, garwi ornament, 1. Clothing; garments; ornaments. Array thyself in thy most gorgeous gear. Spenser. 2. Goods; property; household
  • MOTION PICTURE
    A moving picture.
  • GRAMME MACHINE
    A kind of dynamo-electric machine; -- so named from its French inventor, M. Gramme. Knight.
  • INEQUIVALVE; INEQUIVALVULAR
    Having unequal valves, as the shell of an oyster.
  • DISPROPORTIONALLY
    In a disproportional manner; unsuitably in form, quantity, or value; unequally.
  • IMPROPORTIONATE
    Not proportionate.
  • AIR ENGINE
    An engine driven by heated or by compressed air. Knight.
  • UNGEAR
    To strip of gear; to unharness; to throw out of gear.
  • STRAINABLE
    1. Capable of being strained. 2. Violent in action. Holinshed.
  • BURRING MACHINE
    A machine for cleansing wool of burs, seeds, and other substances.
  • EXCITO-MOTION
    Motion excited by reflex nerves. See Excito-motory.
  • DISPROPORTIONABLE
    Disproportional; unsuitable in form, size, quantity, or adaptation; disproportionate; inadequate. -- Dis`pro*por"tion*a*ble*ness, n. Hammond. -- Dis`pro*por"tion*a*bly, adv.
  • DISPROPORTIONALITY
    The state of being disproportional. Dr. H. More.
  • OLIVARY
    Like an olive. Olivary body , an oval prominence on each side of the medulla oblongata; -- called also olive.
  • RESTRAINABLE
    Capable of being restrained; controllable. Sir T. Browne.
  • UNCONSIDERED
    Not considered or attended to; not regarded; inconsiderable; trifling. A snapper-up of unconsidered trifles. Shak.
  • PROPORTIONATE
    Adjusted to something else according to a proportion; proportional. Longfellow. What is proportionate to his transgression. Locke.

 

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