Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (2)
1.
equipped with compound gearing consisting of 2 pinions and 2 wheels in mesh to increase the mechanical advantage;
- Example: "the double-geared lifting mechanism of a crane"2.
(of a lathe) equipped with gearing for reducing the speed of the spindle from that of the driving pulley;
- Example: "a back-geared lathe"[syn: back-geared, double-geared]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
double-geared
adj 1: equipped with compound gearing consisting of 2 pinions
and 2 wheels in mesh to increase the mechanical
advantage; "the double-geared lifting mechanism of a
crane"
2: (of a lathe) equipped with gearing for reducing the speed of
the spindle from that of the driving pulley; "a back-geared
lathe" [syn: back-geared, double-geared]