ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Gearwork

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Gearwork is a noun meaning A mechanical assembly of gears.

Meaning

A mechanical assembly of gears.

Example Sentences

He shows it all off with a child’s delight, relishing the technical details of objects like automatons, the gearwork devices that were precursors to robots; a navigational sphere, a handheld planetarium projector used on Russian space missions to align the capsule visually; and a sextant used by the Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include gearset, gear, geartrain, gearbox, gearhead, gearing.

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