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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. An assembly of gears and associated parts by which power is transmitted from an engine to a driving axle.

Wiktionary

  1. n. alternative spelling of powertrain.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed

Examples

  • “We discovered that the transmissions must also be operated while the engine is idling, otherwise by a sudden start the metal parts of the power train from the engine to the drive sprockets would be damaged [because of the low viscosity of the oil at those temperatures].”

    Barbarossa

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  1. wheelwork

hyponyms (3)

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  1. reduction gear
  1. epicyclic gear train
  1. epicyclic train

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Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. coupling
  2. train-pipe
  1. gear-work
  2. coasting
  1. third rail
  2. pusher
  1. dynagraph
  2. chain-brake
  1. direct-geared
  2. screw-down
  1. triple-geared

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