double-geared

1. 1.

   equipped with compound gearing consisting of 2 pinions and 2 wheels in mesh to increase the mechanical advantage

   “the double-geared lifting mechanism of a crane”

   Similargeared
2. 2.

   (of a lathe) equipped with gearing for reducing the speed of the spindle from that of the driving pulley

   “a back-geared lathe”

   Synonymsback-geared

   Similargeared

Questions about double-geared

What does double-geared mean?

double-geared means "equipped with compound gearing consisting of 2 pinions and 2 wheels in mesh to increase the mechanical advantage". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in double-geared?

double-geared has 4 syllables: dou-ble--gea-red. The stress falls on "ble-".

What is another word for double-geared?

Close synonyms include back-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 double-geared a common word?

double-geared is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.