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Definition of Low gear
1. Noun. The lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving.
Group relationships: Auto, Automobile, Car, Machine, Motorcar
Generic synonyms: Gear, Gear Mechanism
Definition of Low gear
1. Noun. The lowest gearing available from a gearbox, typically in a motor vehicle or cycle. ¹
2. Noun. One of the lower gearings available from a gearbox, typically in a motor vehicle or cycle. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Low Gear
Literary usage of Low gear
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
"I was 10 feet back from the railroad when I slowed up, and when I went through
I put my foot on low gear. That Ford car would run under low gear not ..."
2. Dyke's Automobile and Gasoline Engine Encyclopedia by Andrew Lee Dyke (1920)
"A—clutch out and lever brought to neutral; B—clutch engaged with gears in neutral
and engine speed regulated to correspond to speed of car on low gear; ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia of Sport by Frederick George Aflalo, Hedley Peek (1897)
"It should, however, be remembered that fast riding uphill on a low gear is often
as tiring as on a high one, hence, when the lower gear is switched on, ..."
4. Motor Vehicle Engineering; Engines (for Automobiles, Trucks, and Tractors) by Ethelbert Favary (1920)
"Tractive Factor on low gear, .338 (which was subsequently changed ... low gear
reduction in transmission case 5.93 (in addition to worm gear reduction). ..."
5. The Modern Gasoline Automobile: Its Design, Construction, Maintenance and by Victor Wilfred Pagé (1915)
"Application of the Hoadley System Two-Wheel Drive and Steer Tractor to Heavy Low
Gear. medium of a change speed gearset, which in turn delivers the power to ..."
6. The Modern Gasoline Automobile: Its Design, Construction, Maintenance and by Victor Wilfred Pagé (1915)
"Application of the Hoadley System Two-Wheel Drive and Steer Tractor to Heavy Low
Gear. medium of a change speed gearset, which in turn delivers the power to ..."
7. The Horseless Age (1909)
"If one is not sure of being able to engage the low gear and safely steering down
... Your suggestion to use the low gear with the clutch in is the only help ..."
8. The Gasoline Automobile: Its Design and Construction by Peter Martin Heldt (1917)
"It is interesting to determine the speeds of the different parts while the low
gear is in operation. We will assume that A revolves right-handedly at 1000 ..."
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