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gearbox

noun

Etymology

From gear + box.

  1. derived from Boxenstopp
  2. derived from pyxis
  3. derived from buxis
  4. inherited from *buhsā✻
  5. inherited from box
  6. inherited from box — “container, box, cup”
  7. compounded as gearbox — “gear + box”

Definitions

  1. An enclosed gear train.

  2. That part of a car's transmission containing the train of gears, and to which the gear…

    That part of a car's transmission containing the train of gears, and to which the gear lever is connected.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA