Gear (disambiguation)

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

Gear may also refer to:

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

Literature

• 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

Video Games

• 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

Computers

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

Other

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

See also

• Top Gear (disambiguation)