Gearing may refer to:
Engineering
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Gear ratio
A gear train or gear set is a machine element of a mechanical system formed by mounting two or more gears on a frame such that the teeth of the gears engage.
Gear teeth are designed to ensure the Pitch circle diameter (gears), pitch circles of e ...
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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 or gear set is a machine element of a mechanical system formed by mounting two or more gears on a frame such that the teeth of the gears engage.
Gear teeth are designed to ensure the pitch circles of engaging gears roll on each oth ...
, an arrangement of gears
Military
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Gearing family, whose members served in the US Navy
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USS ''Gearing'' (DD-710), a destroyer of the US Navy
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''Gearing''-class destroyer, a group of destroyers in the US Navy
Other uses
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Leverage (finance)
In finance, leverage, also known as gearing, is any technique involving borrowing funds to buy an investment.
Financial leverage is named after a lever in physics, which amplifies a small input force into a greater output force. Financial leverag ...
, also known as gearing
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Ashley Gearing (born 1991), country music singer
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Chris Gearing (born 1986), British strongman
See also
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Gear (disambiguation)
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