Meaning

noun a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion

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

noun a mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle)

originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Germanic *ga- Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₃er-der. Proto-Germanic *arwaz Proto-Germanic *garwaz Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Germanic *-janą Proto-Germanic *garwijanąder. Old Norse gervibor. Middle English gere English gear From Middle English gere, a borrowing from Old…

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