Examples of gearbox in a Sentence
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If car camping, think about how cookware fits in your camping gear storage, such as a gearbox or dry bag.
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Kevin Brouillard, Travel + Leisure, 9 May 2024
Honda’s first supercar was a homerun, combining a howling V-6 motor, a wrist-snap manual gearbox, and a low, wedge profile with flattering handling, a supple ride, and an almost Honda Civic–like ease of driving.
—Ben Oliver, Robb Report, 7 May 2024
The mill is mated to a dual-clutch racing gearbox that allows for faster shifting and produces 814 horses.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 26 Apr. 2024
The inner ball joint housing in the steering gearbox assembly may loosen and detach from the steering rack.
—USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2024
Later, the gauge cluster dings out of nowhere and the gearbox shifts into neutral—multiple times, for no discernible reason other than to break my reverie and pull all available attention back to the task at hand.
—Michael Teo Van Runkle, Ars Technica, 30 Oct. 2023
If something like a gearbox or generator fails, those are big, heavy components—those can be the hardest days.
—Caitlin Kelly, WIRED, 15 Apr. 2024
Electric vehicles have far fewer parts than gasoline cars — no radiators, exhaust pipes, fuel tanks, fan belts or complicated gearboxes.
—Jack Ewing, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2024
The mill produces 200 hp and 350 ft lbs of torque which was split between all four wheels by a three-speed automatic gearbox.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 6 Apr. 2024
Kevin Brouillard, Travel + Leisure, 9 May 2024
Honda’s first supercar was a homerun, combining a howling V-6 motor, a wrist-snap manual gearbox, and a low, wedge profile with flattering handling, a supple ride, and an almost Honda Civic–like ease of driving.
—Ben Oliver, Robb Report, 7 May 2024
The mill is mated to a dual-clutch racing gearbox that allows for faster shifting and produces 814 horses.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 26 Apr. 2024
The inner ball joint housing in the steering gearbox assembly may loosen and detach from the steering rack.
—USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2024
Later, the gauge cluster dings out of nowhere and the gearbox shifts into neutral—multiple times, for no discernible reason other than to break my reverie and pull all available attention back to the task at hand.
—Michael Teo Van Runkle, Ars Technica, 30 Oct. 2023
If something like a gearbox or generator fails, those are big, heavy components—those can be the hardest days.
—Caitlin Kelly, WIRED, 15 Apr. 2024
Electric vehicles have far fewer parts than gasoline cars — no radiators, exhaust pipes, fuel tanks, fan belts or complicated gearboxes.
—Jack Ewing, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2024
The mill produces 200 hp and 350 ft lbs of torque which was split between all four wheels by a three-speed automatic gearbox.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 6 Apr. 2024
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“Gearbox.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gearbox. Accessed 15 May. 2024.
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gearbox
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gear·box
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