GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Frictional , a. Relating to friction; moved by friction; produced by friction; as, frictional electricity.
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   Frictional gearing, wheels which transmit motion by surface friction instead of teeth. The faces are sometimes made more or less V-shaped to increase or decrease friction, as required.
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   Gearing, n.
   Harness.
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   (Mach.) The parts by which motion imparted to one portion of an engine or machine is transmitted to another, considered collectively; as, the valve gearing of a locomotive engine; belt gearing; esp., a train of wheels for transmitting and varying motion in machinery.
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   Frictional gearing. See under Frictional. -- Gearing chain, an endless chain transmitting motion from one sprocket wheel to another. See Illust. of Chain wheel. -- Spur gearing, gearing in which the teeth or cogs are ranged round either the concave or the convex surface (properly the latter) of a cylindrical wheel; -- for transmitting motion between parallel shafts, etc.
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