GEARING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gearing mean? 

• GEARING (noun)
  The noun GEARING has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: GEARING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GEARING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

gear; gearing; geartrain; power train; train

Context example:

the fool got his tie caught in the geartrain

Hypernyms ("gearing" 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 "gearing"):

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 ("gearing" is a part of...):

engine (motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work)

 Context examples 

Holiday parties are gearing up, so don’t hide inside.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

The professional strides you made during the past year will stay with you and grow during the second gestation of Jupiter’s cycle, gearing up now.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)