"gear ratio" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: gear ratios [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} gear ratio (plural gear ratios)
  1. The ratio of the speeds of rotation of two gears, such as any pair that mesh and, especially, the initial and final gears in a gear train (whose relationship incorporates all the intermediate ones). Related terms: final drive, overdrive, transmission Translations (ratio of the speeds of rotation): overbrengingsverhouding [feminine] (Dutch), välityssuhde (Finnish), vaihdesuhde (Finnish), rapport d’engrenage [masculine] (French), rapport de transmission [masculine] (French), rapport de vitesses angulaires [masculine] (French), gírhlutfall [neuter] (Icelandic), cymhareb gêr [feminine] (Welsh)

Inflected forms

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