Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A set of three or more gears used for transmitting motion. See
train of gearing .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed
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Examples
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The range extended electric drive of the Evora 414E Hybrid consists of two electric motors driving each of the rear wheels independently via single speed geartrain, integrated into a common transmission housing, thus enabling torque vectoring for stability control of the vehicle.
Autoblog Green Jeremy Korzeniewski 2010
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"Every geartrain that you drive power through causes you to lose power," Prucha said.
NASIOC 2010
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For vertex processing dominated tests (like geartrain which went from 35fps to 110fps) the improvements are between 2x to about 6x, for cases which are dominated by fragment processing it's obviously a lot less (e.g. openarena went from about 25fps to about 32fps).
Phoronix 2010
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The range extended electric drive of the Evora 414E Hybrid consists of two electric motors driving each of the rear wheels independently via single speed geartrain, integrated into a common transmission housing, thus enabling torque vectoring for stability control of the vehicle.
Autoblog Jeremy Korzeniewski 2010
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If I ever get it finished it will be a short account of the use of horse-powered geartrain systems in agriculture, with particular reference to the cast-iron horse-gear set recently restored by our local museum, where I happen to know the curator, who put me up to it.
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The cordless driver delivers up to 400 in-lbs of torque with its all metal geartrain and two-speed gear box making it ideal for larger projects or those that require drilling into almost any material.
unknown title 2009
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The FD antenna tuner I described would use a pair of common relays, the motor and geartrain from an old electric screwdriver, and some odds and ends.
eHam.net News 2009
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