| power train n. An assembly of gears and associated parts by which power is transmitted from an engine to a driving axle. |
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| Noun | 1. |  power train - 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"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) |
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