The ratio of the speeds of rotation of the initial and final gears in a gear train.

plural of gear ratio

plural of bevel gear

(mechanical engineering) A kind of gear in which the two wheels working together lie in different planes and have their teeth cut at right angles to the surfaces of two cones whose apices coincide with the point where the axes of the wheels would meet.

A cogwheel or pinion having flanges which form closed ends to the spaces between the teeth and thus strengthen the teeth by tying them together.

(automotive) The wheels, suspension, steering, powertrain and usually the chassis of a motor vehicle.

(finance) A form of leveraged speculation in which a speculator borrows money to buy an asset, but the income generated by that asset does not cover the interest on the loan

(engineering) A spur gearing having teeth slanting across the face of the wheel, sometimes slanting in opposite directions from the middle.

plural of shrouded gear

plural of landing gear