Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A gearing device that causes the output drive shaft to rotate at a slower rate than the engine input shaft.
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Examples
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The underdrive, which psychiatrists describe as “negative” symptoms, was less obvious but included apathy, when he would stare into the middle distance; inability to react to other people even when they were glad to see him; and distaste for washing, keeping clean, or being fully dressed.
Henry’s Demons Patrick Cockburn 2011
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Talking to him every day, I felt as if part of his brain was in overdrive and part in underdrive.
Henry’s Demons Patrick Cockburn 2011
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Talking to him every day, I felt as if part of his brain was in overdrive and part in underdrive.
Henry’s Demons Patrick Cockburn 2011
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The underdrive, which psychiatrists describe as “negative” symptoms, was less obvious but included apathy, when he would stare into the middle distance; inability to react to other people even when they were glad to see him; and distaste for washing, keeping clean, or being fully dressed.
Henry’s Demons Patrick Cockburn 2011
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Featuring the superior performance, ultra-low leakage of high-K metal gate device structure, UMC's gate-last 28HPM process technology offers many options for device voltages, memory bit-cells, underdrive and overdrive capabilities to help SoC designers realize both high performance and extended battery life.
unknown title 2011
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An HEI distributor lights the mixture, underdrive water pump and alternator pulleys keep power losses down and a full Be Cool module with a fat radiator, twin
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An HEI distributor lights the mixture, underdrive water pump and alternator pulleys keep power losses down and a full Be
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An HEI distributor lights the mixture, underdrive water pump and alternator pulleys keep power losses down and a full Be Cool module with a fat radiator, twin
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An HEI distributor lights the mixture, underdrive water pump and alternator pulleys keep power losses down and a full Be Cool module with a fat radiator, twin SPAL fans and a full shroud regulates the temperature.
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Location: california wonder if there is any underdrive pulley kits that might match up ...
Lincoln vs Cadillac lincoln00 2008
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