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. |
Change
(v. t.) To alter |
Change
(v. t.) To alter by substituting something else for, or by giving up for something else |
Change
(v. t.) To give and take reciprocally |
Change
(v. t.) Specifically: To give, or receive, smaller denominations of money (technically called change) for |
Change
(v. i.) To be altered |
Change
(v. i.) To pass from one phase to another |
Change
(v. t.) Any variation or alteration |
Change
(v. t.) A succesion or substitution of one thing in the place of another |
Change
(v. t.) A passing from one phase to another |
Change
(v. t.) Alteration in the order of a series |
Change
(v. t.) That which makes a variety, or may be substituted for another. |
Change
(v. t.) Small money |
Change
(v. t.) A place where merchants and others meet to transact business |
Change
(v. t.) A public house |
Change
(v. t.) Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale. |
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 |
Manual
(a.) Of or pertaining to the hand |
Manual
(a.) A small book, such as may be carried in the hand, or conveniently handled |
Manual
(a.) A keyboard of an organ or harmonium for the fingers, as distinguished from the pedals |
Manual
(a.) A prescribed exercise in the systematic handing of a weapon |
Shift
(v. t.) To divide |
Shift
(v. t.) To change the place of |
Shift
(v. t.) To change the position of |
Shift
(v. t.) To exchange for another of the same class |
Shift
(v. t.) To change the clothing of |
Shift
(v. t.) To put off or out of the way by some expedient. |
Shift
(v. t.) The act of shifting. |
Shift
(v. t.) The act of putting one thing in the place of another, or of changing the place of a thing |
Shift
(v. t.) Something frequently shifted |
Shift
(v. t.) The change of one set of workmen for another |
Shift
(v. t.) In building, the extent, or arrangement, of the overlapping of plank, brick, stones, etc., that are placed in courses so as to break joints. |
Shift
(v. t.) A breaking off and dislocation of a seam |
Shift
(v. t.) A change of the position of the hand on the finger board, in playing the violin. |
change-up
change-of-pace
change-of-pace ball
off-speed pitch | a baseball thrown with little velocity when the batter is expecting a fastball |
about-face volte-face
reversal policy change | a major change in attitude or principle or point of view, an about-face on foreign policy |
| change | the action of changing something, the change of government had no impact on the economy, his change on abortion cost him the election |
switch
switching
shift | the act of changing one thing or position for another, his switch on abortion cost him the election |
| pitching change | replacing a pitcher in baseball |
| change of state | the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics |
| oil change | replacing dirty oil with clean |
| change of color | an act that changes the light that something reflects |
shift
shifting | the act of moving from one place to another, his constant shifting disrupted the class |
change of direction
reorientation | the act of changing the direction in which something is oriented |
| change of course | a change in the direction that you are moving |
| change of magnitude | the act of changing the amount or size of something |
| change of integrity | the act of changing the unity or wholeness of something |
| change of shape | an action that changes the shape of something |
| change ringing | ringing tuned bells in a fixed order that is continually changing |
manual labor
manual labour | labor done with the hands |
manual of arms
manual | (military) a prescribed drill in handling a rifle |
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 |
| change | a different or fresh set of clothes, she brought a change in her overnight bag |
| change | a thing that is different, he inspected several changes before selecting one |
chemise
sack shift | a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist |
chemise shimmy
shift slip
teddy | a woman's sleeveless undergarment |
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 |
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 |
| landing gear | an undercarriage that supports the weight of the plane when it is on the ground |
planetary gear
epicyclic gear
planet wheel
planet gear | an outer gear that revolves about a central sun gear of an epicyclic train |
| 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 |
shift key
shift | the key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lowerase letters to upperase letters |
| shift register | (computer science) register in which all bits can be shifted one or more positions to the left or to the right |
spur gear
spur wheel | gear wheels that mesh in the same plane |
stable gear
saddlery
tack | gear for a horse |
standard transmission
stick shift | a transmission that is operated manually with a gear lever and a clutch pedal |
| 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 |
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 |
| 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 |
| variety change | a difference that is usually pleasant, he goes to France for variety, it is a refreshing change to meet a woman mechanic |