Phrase guide

gear ratio

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

No pronunciation record was provided for this word.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The ratio of the speeds of rotation of two gears, such as any pair that mesh and, especially, the initial and final gears in a gear train (whose relationship incorporates all the intermediate ones).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

9 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Dutch: overbrengingsverhouding — ratio of the speeds of rotation
  • Finnish: välityssuhde — ratio of the speeds of rotation
  • Finnish: vaihdesuhde — ratio of the speeds of rotation
  • French: rapport d'engrenage — ratio of the speeds of rotation
  • French: rapport de transmission — ratio of the speeds of rotation
  • French: rapport de vitesses angulaires — ratio of the speeds of rotation
  • Icelandic: gírhlutfall — ratio of the speeds of rotation
  • Polish: przełożenie — ratio of the speeds of rotation
  • Welsh: cymhareb gêr — ratio of the speeds of rotation