What does back-geared mean?

back-geared means "(of a lathe) equipped with gearing for reducing the speed of the spindle from that of the driving pulley".

How many syllables are in back-geared?

back-geared has 3 syllables: back--gea-red. The stress falls on "back-".

What is another word for back-geared?

Close synonyms include double-geared. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is back-geared a common word?

back-geared is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

back-geared — meaning, pronunciation and definition

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
(of a lathe) equipped with gearing for reducing the speed of the spindle from that of the driving pulley
“a back-geared lathe”
Synonymsdouble-geared
Similargeared

Questions about back-geared

What does back-geared mean?: back-geared means "(of a lathe) equipped with gearing for reducing the speed of the spindle from that of the driving pulley".
How many syllables are in back-geared?: back-geared has 3 syllables: back--gea-red. The stress falls on "back-".
What is another word for back-geared?: Close synonyms include double-geared. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
Is back-geared a common word?: back-geared is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for back-geared come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
(of a lathe) equipped with gearing for reducing the speed of the spindle from that of the driving pulley
“a back-geared lathe”
Synonymsdouble-geared
Similargeared

Questions about back-geared

What does back-geared mean?: back-geared means "(of a lathe) equipped with gearing for reducing the speed of the spindle from that of the driving pulley".
How many syllables are in back-geared?: back-geared has 3 syllables: back--gea-red. The stress falls on "back-".
What is another word for back-geared?: Close synonyms include double-geared. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
Is back-geared a common word?: back-geared is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for back-geared come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

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