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gearings

gearings is the plural of gearing.

Meaning of gearing

Noun

gearing (countable and uncountable, plural gearings)

  1. The ratio of a system of gears.
    • The 4×4 could climb well, as it had relatively low gearing.
  2. Harness; working implements.
  3. A train of toothed wheels and pinions.
    • Hoisting, derricking, slewing, and travelling are by means of independent 600-volt motors through reduction gearing.1956 May, “London Transport Diesel-Electric Cranes”, in Railway Magazine, page 337
  4. Synonym of leverage (“debt-to-equity ratio”).
    Synonyms:
    leverage

See all 5 meanings of gearing

Proper noun capitalized: Gearings

Gearings

  1. (plural) plural of Gearing

Phrases with gearings

Questions about gearings

What is gearings the plural of?
Gearings is the plural of gearing.
What part of speech is gearings?
Gearings is a proper noun.

Words near gearings in the dictionary

  1. gearing
  2. gearing down
  3. gearing to
  4. gearing towards
  5. gearing up
  6. gearings
  7. Gearins
  8. gearjammer
  9. gearjammers
  10. gearknob
  11. gearknobs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gearings (page history and authors); Gearings (page history and authors); gearing (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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