"chain drive" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: chain drives [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} chain drive (plural chain drives)
  1. A transmission system in which power is transferred to the wheels (for example), by means of a chain. Wikipedia link: chain drive Related terms: chain-driven Translations (transmission system): 鏈傳動 (Chinese Mandarin), 链传动 (liànchuándòng) (Chinese Mandarin), kettingaandrijving [feminine] (Dutch), ketjuvälitys (Finnish), transmission par chaîne [feminine] (French), Kettengetriebe [neuter] (German), correia (Portuguese), цепна́я переда́ча (cepnája peredáča) [feminine] (Russian), cadena de transmisión [feminine] (Spanish), transmisión de cadena [feminine] (Spanish)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for chain drive meaning in English (2.2kB)

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