Gear (disambiguation)

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Gear is a toothed wheel designed to transmit torque to another gear or toothed component.

Gear may also refer to:

Contents 1 Mechanisms 2 Entertainment 3 Computers 4 Other 5 See also

[edit] Mechanisms

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• Gearbox
• Gear ratio
• Gear shift, in automotive terms, one of a series of pre-set rotation mechanisms for a manual transmission
• Pinion
• Spiral bevel gear
• Sprocket, a type of gear used to drive a Roller chain

[edit] Entertainment

• Gear (graphic novel), written by Doug Tennapel and later made into a TV show called Catscratch
• Gear (comics), a DC comics superhero
• Gear (Static Shock), a DCAU superhero
• Gear (magazine), an international men's magazine
• Gears, types of mecha in the Xenogears and Metal Gear video games, as well as the Heavy Gear universe
• Gears are a type of biomechanical or mystical creature in the video games series Guilty Gear
• Gears (Transformers), a character in Transformers
• Gears of War, a popular Xbox 360 game
• Aircraft are known as Gears in Ace Online
• Gear, a slang term used within the music industry for musical instruments and related equipment.
• "Gear", a slang term for marijuana, used when making reference to the drug in a green or solid form

[edit] Computers

• Gears (formerly Google Gears), a browser plug-in from Google that enables development of off-line browser applications

[edit] Other

• Gear, a slang term for equipment or apparel, particularly used for motorcycle safety clothing and cargo
• Geographic and Energy Aware Routing, a routing protocol for wireless sensor networks
• Gear is a slang term used in the UK to refer to illegal narcotic drugs.
• Gearing is an alternate name for Leverage within a financial context.

[edit] See also

• Top Gear (disambiguation)

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