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Definition of Reduction gear
1. Noun. Gearing that reduces an input speed to a slower output speed.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Reduction Gear
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 ..."