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from The Century Dictionary.
- So geared that the power is brought back to a shaft concentric with the driving-shaft, or parallel to it, but turning at a different speed.
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- adjective (of a lathe) equipped with gearing for reducing the speed of the spindle from that of the driving pulley
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Power is supplied by a back-geared electric motor at the base of the machine.
Chapter 15 1991
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