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backdrive

backdrive verb: operated a system of gears by applying a force to the output, transmitting force through the geartrain in the reverse of the usual direction.

Verb

backdrive (third-person singular simple present backdrives, present participle backdriving, simple past and past participle backdrived)

  1. operated a system of gears by applying a force to the output, transmitting force through the geartrain in the reverse of the usual direction.

Forms of backdrive

third-person singular presentbackdrives
present participlebackdriving
past participlebackdrived
pastbackdrived

Questions about backdrive

What does backdrive mean?
Backdrive means operated a system of gears by applying a force to the output, transmitting force through the geartrain in the reverse of the usual direction.
What part of speech is backdrive?
Backdrive is a verb.
What is the past tense of backdrive?
The past tense of backdrive is backdrived.

Words near backdrive in the dictionary

  1. backdrafts
  2. backdraught
  3. backdraughts
  4. backdrivability
  5. backdrivable
  6. backdrive
  7. backdriving
  8. backdrop
  9. backdropped
  10. backdropping
  11. backdrops

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