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reduction drives

reduction drives is the plural of reduction drive.

Meaning of reduction drive

Noun

reduction drive (plural reduction drives)

  1. A device which reduces the input rotational speed to a lower output speed, and can also increase torque.
    • [...] there are also a direct drive to a hydraulic gear pump, and a reduction drive to two pumps in tandem; [...].1962 December, “Talking of Trains: French track-layers for W.R.”, in Modern Railways, page 369

Questions about reduction drives

What is reduction drives the plural of?
Reduction drives is the plural of reduction drive.

Words near reduction drives in the dictionary

  1. reductio ad Stalinum
  2. reduction
  3. reduction division
  4. reduction divisions
  5. reduction drive
  6. reduction drives
  7. reduction furnace
  8. reduction furnaces
  9. reduction in force
  10. reduction set
  11. reduction sets

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