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English → English (gcide) Definition: Frictional gearing Frictional \Fric"tion*al\, a. Relating to friction; moved by friction; produced by friction; as, frictional electricity. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Gearing \Gear"ing\, n. 1. Harness. [1913 Webster] 2. (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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]