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Engineering

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Gear ratio A gear train is a mechanical system formed by mounting gears on a frame so the teeth of the gears engage. Gear teeth are designed to ensure the pitch circles of engaging gears roll on each other without slipping, providing a smooth transmission ...
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Mechanical advantage Mechanical advantage is a measure of the force amplification achieved by using a tool, mechanical device or machine system. The device trades off input forces against movement to obtain a desired amplification in the output force. The model for ...
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Gear train A gear train is a mechanical system formed by mounting gears on a frame so the teeth of the gears engage. Gear teeth are designed to ensure the pitch circles of engaging gears roll on each other without slipping, providing a smooth transmission ...
, an arrangement of gears


Military

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Gearing family Three generations of the Gearing family served in the United States Navy. *Henry Chalfant Gearing (9 June 1855 – 16 August 1926) was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1876. Gearing serve ...
, whose members served in the US Navy * USS ''Gearing'' (DD-710), a destroyer of the US Navy * ''Gearing''-class destroyer, a group of destroyers in the US Navy


Other uses

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Leverage (finance) In finance, leverage (or gearing in the United Kingdom and Australia) is any technique involving borrowing funds to buy things, hoping that future profits will be many times more than the cost of borrowing. This technique is named after a lever ...
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Ashley Gearing Ashley Gearing (born May 15, 1991) is an American country music artist. She has charted four singles on the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs charts. Biography Ashley Gearing was born May 15, 1991 in Springfield, Massachusetts. Ashley Gearing ...
(born 1991), country music singer


See also

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Gear (disambiguation) A gear is a rotating circular machine element, machine part having cut teeth or, in the case of a cogwheel or gearwheel, inserted teeth (called ''cogs''), which mesh with another (compatible) toothed part to transmit rotational power. While d ...
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