REDUCTION GEAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does reduction gear mean? 

• REDUCTION GEAR (noun)
  The noun REDUCTION GEAR has 1 sense:

1. gearing that reduces an input speed to a slower output speed

  Familiarity information: REDUCTION GEAR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REDUCTION GEAR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Gearing that reduces an input speed to a slower output speed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("reduction gear" is a kind of...):

gear; gearing; geartrain; power train; train (wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed)