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Definition of Gearboxes
1. gearbox [n] - See also: gearbox
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gearboxes
Literary usage of Gearboxes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Text Book on Motor Car Engineering by Alexander Graham Clark (1917)
"CHAPTER XI CRANKCASES AND gearboxes 127. Materials, etc.—The material commonly
used for crank- cases and gearboxes is an aluminium alloy of between 11 and ..."
2. Decadal Survey of Civil Aeronautics: Foundation for the Future by National Research Council (U.S.). (2006)
"Secondly, the powertrain system of most V/STOL airplanes (as well as helicopters)
will consist of shafting with speed reduction gearboxes, angled gearboxes, ..."
3. China: Open Policies Towards Mergers and Acquisitions 2006 by Publi Oecd Published by Oecd Publishing (2006)
"... altered to reflect desired technological improvements (eg "complete brakes"
has been replaced by "disc brakes", "gearboxes" by "automatic gearboxes"). ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"The latest omnibuses in Paris are equipped with gearboxes of this type. mensions are
reduced in the same proportion) strong enough, the use of very strong ..."
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