Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who is knowledgeable or enthusiastic about the equipment and functioning of mechanical devices, especially automobiles.
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- noun A
mechanical device used to increase thetorque ofgears . - noun informal An
enthusiast for newtechnology , or formotoring .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Many people passively appreciate cars, but the term "gearhead" means something more.
Jalopnik 2010
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I would never go so far as to call myself a "gearhead".
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The actual conversion is fairly simple, but you have to be the kind of gearhead who is willing to do surgery on your vehicle.
INHABITAT 2009
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I would never go so far as to call myself a "gearhead".
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I would never go so far as to call myself a "gearhead".
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I would never go so far as to call myself a "gearhead".
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There should be 250 families with each of the following compositions, the same cases gearhead describes in #78:
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But for a specific man, the first case of the link applies. and I contend that the original phrasing of the question, “you are male …” is specific to an individual and not to a man randomly selected. gearhead Says:
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The probabily that a man chosen at random will belong to a two male child family is 250/750, therefore since sum of all probabilities equals one, the probabily that a man chosen at random will have a sister is 1 - (250/750) or 2/3. gearhead Says:
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This is the second case explained in the pdf. gearhead Says:
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