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    POWER TRAIN

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changedplay

    Example:

    the fool got his tie caught in the geartrain

    Synonyms:

    gear; gearing; geartrain; power train; train

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting man-made objects

    Hypernyms ("power train" is a kind of...):

    wheelwork (mechanical device including an arrangement of wheel in a machine (especially a train of gears))

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "power train"):

    epicyclic gear train; epicyclic train (a system of epicyclic gears in which at least one wheel axis itself revolves about another fixed axis)

    reduction gear (gearing that reduces an input speed to a slower output speed)

    Holonyms ("power train" is a part of...):

    engine (motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work)

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