- friction gearing
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wheels or disks transmitting power by means of frictional contact.[1885-90]
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friction gearing
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friction gearing — noun also friction gear : a gearing for transmitting motion by surface friction instead of by teeth * * * wheels or disks transmitting power by means of frictional contact. [1885 90] * * * friction gear or friction gearing, a set of gears without … Useful english dictionary
friction gear — noun see friction gearing * * * friction gear or friction gearing, a set of gears without teeth in which one wheel presses against another and causes it to turn. Friction gears provide uniform power, but not as much power as toothed gears … Useful english dictionary
friction wheel — noun or friction pulley : a wheel operating by friction (as in a friction gearing) * * * friction wheel, a wheel operating by friction, used to transmit the motion of one wheel to another by simple contact … Useful english dictionary
friction drive — noun : an automobile power transmission system in which the gearbox is replaced by a friction gearing the driver and follower of which are arranged so that by varying their position relative to one another a full range of variation in desired… … Useful english dictionary
Friction — Fric tion, n. [L. frictio, fr. fricare, frictum,to rub: cf. F. friction. See {Fray} to rub, arid cf. {Dentifrice}.] 1. The act of rubbing the surface of one body against that of another; attrition; in hygiene, the act of rubbing the body with the … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Friction balls — Friction Fric tion, n. [L. frictio, fr. fricare, frictum,to rub: cf. F. friction. See {Fray} to rub, arid cf. {Dentifrice}.] 1. The act of rubbing the surface of one body against that of another; attrition; in hygiene, the act of rubbing the body … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Friction brake — Friction Fric tion, n. [L. frictio, fr. fricare, frictum,to rub: cf. F. friction. See {Fray} to rub, arid cf. {Dentifrice}.] 1. The act of rubbing the surface of one body against that of another; attrition; in hygiene, the act of rubbing the body … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Friction chocks — Friction Fric tion, n. [L. frictio, fr. fricare, frictum,to rub: cf. F. friction. See {Fray} to rub, arid cf. {Dentifrice}.] 1. The act of rubbing the surface of one body against that of another; attrition; in hygiene, the act of rubbing the body … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Friction clutch — Friction Fric tion, n. [L. frictio, fr. fricare, frictum,to rub: cf. F. friction. See {Fray} to rub, arid cf. {Dentifrice}.] 1. The act of rubbing the surface of one body against that of another; attrition; in hygiene, the act of rubbing the body … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Friction composition — Friction Fric tion, n. [L. frictio, fr. fricare, frictum,to rub: cf. F. friction. See {Fray} to rub, arid cf. {Dentifrice}.] 1. The act of rubbing the surface of one body against that of another; attrition; in hygiene, the act of rubbing the body … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
