GEARED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does geared mean? 

• GEARED (adjective)
  The adjective GEARED has 1 sense:

1. equipped with or connected by gears or having gears engaged

  Familiarity information: GEARED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GEARED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Equipped with or connected by gears or having gears engaged

Similar:

back-geared; double-geared ((of a lathe) equipped with gearing for reducing the speed of the spindle from that of the driving pulley)

double-geared (equipped with compound gearing consisting of 2 pinions and 2 wheels in mesh to increase the mechanical advantage)

engaged; intermeshed; meshed ((used of toothed parts or gears) interlocked and interacting)

in gear (having gears engaged)

Antonym:

ungeared (having gears not engaged or disconnected)

 Context examples 

The tests were geared to measure participants' available cognitive capacity — that is, the brain's ability to hold and process data at any given time.

(Presence of Smartphone Reduces Brain Power, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The experiment is geared more towards understanding the way that Alzheimer’s progresses, not towards creating a pill to stop it from happening.

(Subtracting Gravity from Alzheimer's, NASA)

BioCarta aims to be the leader in the development and commercialization of new technology for functional proteomics by creating an international organization geared towards identifying, acquiring, and commercializing novel products.

(BioCarta, NCI Thesaurus)