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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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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" gearing, geartrain, 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)