Bevel gear
() 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. |
Gear
(n.) Clothing |
Gear
(n.) Goods |
Gear
(n.) Whatever is prepared for use or wear |
Gear
(n.) The harness of horses or cattle |
Gear
(n.) Warlike accouterments. |
Gear
(n.) Manner |
Gear
(n.) Business matters |
Gear
(n.) A toothed wheel, or cogwheel |
Gear
(n.) An apparatus for performing a special function |
Gear
(n.) Engagement of parts with each other |
Gear
(n.) See 1st Jeer (b). |
Gear
(n.) Anything worthless |
Gear
(v. t.) To dress |
Gear
(v. t.) To provide with gearing. |
Gear
(v. i.) To be in, or come into, gear. |
Head gear
(n.) Alt. of Headgear |
Limit
(v. t.) That which terminates, circumscribes, restrains, or confines |
Limit
(v. t.) The space or thing defined by limits. |
Limit
(v. t.) That which terminates a period of time |
Limit
(v. t.) A restriction |
Limit
(v. t.) A determining feature |
Limit
(v. t.) A determinate quantity, to which a variable one continually approaches, and may differ from it by less than any given difference, but to which, under the law of variation, the variable can never become exactly equivalent. |
Limit
(v. t.) To apply a limit to, or set a limit for |
Limit
(v. i.) To beg, or to exercise functions, within a certain limited region |
Switch
(n.) A small, flexible twig or rod. |
Switch
(n.) A movable part of a rail |
Switch
(n.) A separate mass or trees of hair, or of some substance (at jute) made to resemble hair, worn on the head by women. |
Switch
(n.) A mechanical device for shifting an electric current to another circuit. |
Switch
(v. t.) To strike with a switch or small flexible rod |
Switch
(v. t.) To swing or whisk |
Switch
(v. t.) To trim, as, a hedge. |
Switch
(v. t.) To turn from one railway track to another |
Switch
(v. t.) To shift to another circuit. |
Switch
(v. i.) To walk with a jerk. |
-type
(n.) A combining form signifying impressed form |
Type
(n.) The mark or impression of something |
Type
(n.) Form or character impressed |
Type
(n.) A figure or representation of something to come |
Type
(n.) That which possesses or exemplifies characteristic qualities |
Type
(n.) A general form or structure common to a number of individuals |
Type
(n.) The original object, or class of objects, scene, face, or conception, which becomes the subject of a copy |
Type
(n.) A simple compound, used as a mode or pattern to which other compounds are conveniently regarded as being related, and from which they may be actually or theoretically derived. |
Type
(n.) A raised letter, figure, accent, or other character, cast in metal or cut in wood, used in printing. |
Type
(n.) Such letters or characters, in general, or the whole quantity of them used in printing, spoken of collectively |
Type
(v. t.) To represent by a type, model, or symbol beforehand |
Type
(v. t.) To furnish an expression or copy of |
Woodbury-type
(n.) A process in photographic printing, in which a relief pattern in gelatin, which has been hardened after certain operations, is pressed upon a plate of lead or other soft metal. An intaglio impression in thus produced, from which pictures may be directly printed, but by a slower process than in common printing. |
Woodbury-type
(n.) A print from such a plate. |
| bait and switch | a deceptive way of selling that involves advertising a product at a very low price in order to attract customers who are then persuaded to switch to a more expensive product |
switch
switching
shift | the act of changing one thing or position for another, his switch on abortion cost him the election |
| switch | a basketball maneuver, two defensive players shift assignments so that each guards the player usually guarded by the other |
bevel gear
pinion and crown wheel
pinion and ring gear | gears that mesh at an angle |
| chafing gear | covering (usually rope or canvas) of a line or spar to protect it from friction |
differential gear
differential | a bevel gear that permits rotation of two shafts at different speeds, used on the rear axle of automobiles to allow wheels to rotate at different speeds on curves |
DIP switch
dual inline package switch | (computer science) one of a set of small on-off switches mounted in computer hardware, used in place of jumpers to configure the machine for a user |
epicyclic train
epicyclic gear train | a system of epicyclic gears in which at least one wheel axis itself revolves about another fixed axis |
first gear
first
low gear
low | the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle, used to start a car moving |
fishing gear
tackle fishing tackle
fishing rig
rig | gear used in fishing |
| foul-weather gear | protective garment that is intended to keep the wearer dry and warm in bad weather |
gear
gear wheel
geared wheel
cogwheel | a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion |
gear paraphernalia
appurtenance | equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc. |
| gear gear mechanism | a mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle) |
gearbox
gear box
gear case | the shell (metal casing) in which a train of gears is sealed |
gearing
gear geartrain
power train
train | 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 |
gearshift
gearstick
shifter
gear lever | a mechanical device for engaging and disengaging gears, in Britain they call a gearshift a gear lever |
high gear
high | a forward gear with a gear ratio that gives the greatest vehicle velocity for a given engine speed |
| ignition switch | switch that operates a solenoid that closes a circuit to operate the starter |
| landing gear | an undercarriage that supports the weight of the plane when it is on the ground |
| n-type semiconductor | a semiconductor in which electrical conduction is due chiefly to the movement of electrons |
planetary gear
epicyclic gear
planet wheel
planet gear | an outer gear that revolves about a central sun gear of an epicyclic train |
| p-type semiconductor | a semiconductor in which electrical conduction is due chiefly to the movement of positive holes |
| pump-type pliers | a type of pliers |
| reduction gear | gearing that reduces an input speed to a slower output speed |
reverse
reverse gear | the gears by which the motion of a machine can be reversed |
second gear
second | the gear that has the second lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle, he had to shift down into second to make the hill |
selector
selector switch | a switch that is used to select among alternatives |
spur gear
spur wheel | gear wheels that mesh in the same plane |
stable gear
saddlery
tack | gear for a horse |
| steering gear | a gear that couples the steering wheel to the steering linkage of a motor vehicle |
| sun gear | the central gear in an epicyclic train |
| switch | a flexible implement used as an instrument of punishment |
switch electric switch
electrical switch | control consisting of a mechanical or electrical or electronic device for making or breaking or changing the connections in a circuit |
| switch | railroad track having two movable rails and necessary connections, used to turn a train from one track to another or to store rolling stock |
| switch | hairpiece consisting of a tress of false hair, used by women to give shape to a coiffure |
switch engine
donkey engine | a locomotive for switching rolling stock in a railroad yard |
third gear
third | the third from the lowest forward ratio gear in the gear box of a motor vehicle, you shouldn't try to start in third gear |
three-way switch
three-point switch | an electric switch that has three terminals, used to control a circuit from two different locations |
| time-switch | a switch set to operate at a desired time |
toggle switch
toggle on-off switch
on
off switch | a hinged switch that can assume either of two positions |
| type | a small metal block bearing a raised character on one end, produces a printed character when inked and pressed on paper, he dropped a case of type, so they made him pick them up |
type slug
slug | a strip of type metal used for spacing |
| worm gear | gear consisting of a shaft with screw thread (the worm) that meshes with a toothed wheel (the worm wheel), changes the direction of the axis of rotary motion |
body type
somatotype | a category of physique |
asthenic type
ectomorphy | slender, weak, and lightweight |
endomorphy
pyknic type | round, fat, and heavy |
athletic type
mesomorphy | muscular and big-boned |
limit
bound
boundary | the greatest possible degree of something, what he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior, to the limit of his ability |
blood group
blood type | human blood cells (usually just the red blood cells) that have the same antigens |