Gear

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A gear is a toothed wheel designed to transmit torque to another gear or toothed component.

Gear or gears may also refer to:

Mechanisms

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• Gearbox
• Gear ratio
• Gear shift, in automotive terms, one of a series of pre-set rotation mechanisms for a manual transmission
• The landing gear of an aircraft is often spoken as just "gear" by those in the aviation industry, or with aviation knowledge.
• Pinion
• Spiral bevel gear
• Sprocket, a type of gear used to drive a roller chain

Entertainment

• Gear (Image Comics), written by Doug Tennapel and later made into a TV show called Catscratch
• Gear (comics), a DC comics superhero
• Gear (Static Shock), a DCAU superhero
• Gear (magazine), an international men's magazine
• Gears (Transformers), a character in the Transformers universe

Video games

• Gears, types of mecha in the Xenogears and Metal Gear (series) video games, as well as the Heavy Gear universe
• Gears, a type of biomechanical or mystical creature in the video games series Guilty Gear
• Gears of War & Gears of War 2, a popular Xbox 360 series
• Aircraft are known as Gears in Ace Online

Computing

• Gears (software) (formerly Google Gears), a browser plug-in from Google that enables development of off-line browser applications

Other

• Gear, a term for equipment or apparel, particularly for motorcycle safety clothing, musical equipment and cargo (original meaning)
• Gear, a UK slang for illegal narcotics
• Gearing, an alternate name for leverage (finance) within a financial context
• Geared or gearing, a term used in ship transport to indicate whether a vessel has cranes on board

See also

• Top gear

v • d • e Gears Gear systems Spur gear systems • Worm drive • Rack and pinion • Epicyclic (planetary) gearing • Sun and planet gear • Harmonic drive • Cycloidal drive • Non-circular gear Gear shapes Spur gear • Bevel gear • Spiral bevel gear • Helical gear Geartooth profiles Involute • Cycloid Gear mechanics Transmission • Differential • Gear coupling • Gear train • Bicycle gearing • Continuously variable transmission • Offset (gears) Examples In Bicycles: Cogset • Derailleur gears • Hub gear • Shaft-driven bicycle • Sprocket In Horology: Wheel train See also Ball screw • Leadscrew • Jackscrew • Belt drive • Chain drive • Gear manufacturing • Freewheel

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