Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun That arrangement of the gear-train driving a machine which makes it run at its highest speed.
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Examples
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The water-wheel drove the stripped armature taken from the shuttle, upon which was speed-gear mounted the abrasive core blades taken from the port engine boring assembly.
Elephant Song Longyear, Barry 1982
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