train
47
7.7
- noun
- /treɪn/
- Specialized
:
tren de engranajes
- The engine's clean, but we found metal in the gear train.
- gear train
- drive train
Examples
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But one of its beautiful features is this incredible gear train, which Andrew designed.
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It's just a train set, only bigger.
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Hell, I just sit up here in this office and I work my train set.
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Raymond was making a model train, the pieces spread out on a newspaper around his feet.
Fiction book (1996) -
And it was a gear train on a cart that they used.
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But still, it frightened him and disrupted his previous train of thought.
Fiction book (1998) -
Together they account for more than two-thirds of all train accidents.
Academic text (2007) -
The tracks of a monstrous toy train slither around a room, chasing retreating children.
Fiction book (1993) -
The technician examined the gear train to ensure it was functioning properly.
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To fix the machine, we needed to replace the faulty gear train inside the engine.
Synonyms
1
6.2
A set of gears that work together to change machine speed or power
1
6.3
The parts in a machine that work together to change speed and force
A group of wheels with teeth that pass on and change movement and force
A group of wheels with teeth that pass movement and force to make a machine work
A set of gears where one gear moves around a central gear while spinning to change speed or force
A set of gears where one gear turns around another fixed gear in a gearbox
Compounds
10
2.5
A train that carries people who travel regularly between home and work or school in a city
1
1.8
A long line of connected cars that runs on tracks and carries people or goods
- Slang
1
6.0
A fast rise in excitement among many people about a new product or event, often driven online
- Specialized
1
5.1
Connected gears and parts that send power from a vehicle's engine or motor to its wheels
- Specialized
A set of gears where one gear moves around a central gear while spinning to change speed or force
- Specialized
A set of gears where one gear turns around another fixed gear in a gearbox
- Specialized
A fast train that carries goods over long distances between factories and seaports and loads quickly
- Specialized
A train equipped with beds and doctors to carry and treat sick or wounded people
- Archaic
A cheap train that runs only a few times to meet old laws and keep a line open
How Precise
- Specialized
5
7.4
- Specialized
1
6.0
- Specialized
47
7.7
- Specialized
- Specialized
23
3.4
Surface Forms
Etymology
Train for a set of gears comes from the old root meaning 'to pull' or 'pass along', so a gear train passes power from one gear to the next in a direct line.