geartrain

gear´train`

n.

1.

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

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

geartrain - wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed; "the fool got his tie caught in the geartrain" gearing, power train, gear, train engine - motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work epicyclic gear train, epicyclic train - a system of epicyclic gears in which at least one wheel axis itself revolves about another fixed axis reduction gear - gearing that reduces an input speed to a slower output speed wheelwork - mechanical device including an arrangement of wheel in a machine (especially a train of gears)