Definition of Reduction gear

1. Noun. Gearing that reduces an input speed to a slower output speed.

Generic synonyms: Gear, Gearing, Geartrain, Power Train, Train

Lexicographical Neighbors of Reduction Gear

reductants
reductase
reductases
reducted
reductibilities
reductibility
reductic acid
reducting
reductio
reductio ad Hitlerum
reductio ad absurdum
reduction
reduction division
reduction gear (current term)
reduction in force
reduction mammaplasty
reduction nucleus
reduction potential
reduction to the absurd
reductional
reductionism
reductionisms
reductionist
reductionistic
reductionists
reductions

Literary usage of Reduction gear

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Engineering Index Annual for by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1911)
"Geara Experimental Spur-Wheel Reduction- Gear for High Speed Steam Turbines. Illustrated description of the Melville & Macalpine reduction gear and its ..."

2. Marine Engineers' Handbook by Frank Ward Sterling (1920)
"The recent unprecedented demand for geared turbine machinery for ship propulsion has brought into the marine field such other well known reduction gear ..."

3. Engineers and Engineering by Engineers Club of Philadelphia (1912)
"It would, therefore, seem but equitable and just that in comparing the efficiency results of a primary installation of reduction gear the comparison should ..."

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