skew gear in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for skew gear in the English»French Dictionary

I.gear [Brit ɡɪə, Am ɡɪr] N

1. gear (equipment):

gear

matériel m

climbing/fishing/gardening gear

matériel d'alpinisme/de pêche/de jardinage

2. gear (personal possessions, stuff):

gear inf

affaires fpl

don't leave your gear all over the place

ne laisse pas tes affaires partout

3. gear (clothes):

gear

fringues inf

fpl tennis/football gear

tenue f de tennis/football

4. gear MOTOR:

gear

vitesse f

bottom or first gear

première vitesse

to be in second/third gear

être en seconde/troisième

to change gear

changer de vitesse

to put a car in gear

passer la vitesse

you're not in gear

tu es au point mort

you're in the wrong gear

tu n'as pas passé la bonne vitesse

‘keep in low gear’ (on sign)

‘utilisez votre frein moteur’

to get (oneself) into gear for sth fig

se préparer pour qc

5. gear TECH (toothed wheel):

gear

roue f dentée

6. gear (drugs):

gear inf

drogués fpl

II.gears N npl

1. gears MOTOR:

gears

changement m de vitesse

2. gears TECH:

gears

engrenage m

III.gear [Brit ɡɪə, Am ɡɪr] VB trans

1. gear (tailor):

to be geared to or towards sb/sth course, policy, system, tax:

s'adresser à qn/qc

to be geared to or towards doing

être destiné à faire

2. gear (provide with gearing):

gear MOTOR, TECH car

équiper [qc] d'un embrayage

gear other machinery

équiper [qc] d'un engrenage

I.skew [Brit skjuː, Am skju] N

on the skew

de travers

II.skew [Brit skjuː, Am skju] ADJ

skew

de travers

III.skew [Brit skjuː, Am skju] VB trans

1. skew false data, bias:

skew (distort) result, survey

fausser

skew (deliberately) result, report

déformer

2. skew (angle):

skew object

incliner

3. skew (divert):

skew vehicle, vessel

faire obliquer

IV.skew [Brit skjuː, Am skju] VB intr a. skew round

skew vehicle, ship:

skew

obliquer

V.skewed ADJ

1. skewed result, research:

skewed (distorted)

faussé (by par)

skewed (deliberately)

déformé (by par)

2. skewed object:

skewed

de travers

skew gear in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for skew gear in the English»French Dictionary

skew gear N TECH

skew gear

engrenage m hyperboloïde

Translations for skew gear in the English»French Dictionary

I.skew [skju:] VB trans

1. skew (give slant to):

skew

incliner

2. skew (make an angled cut):

skew

biaiser

3. skew (distort):

skew

fausser

skew wheel

voiler

4. skew (twist in wrong shape):

skew

tordre

II.skew [skju:] VB intr

1. skew (make biased):

skew

biaiser

2. skew (change direction):

skew horse

faire un écart

skew vehicle

faire une embardée

III.skew [skju:] ADJ

skew

en biais

IV.skew [skju:] ADV

skew

de travers

V.skew [skju:] N

on the skew

de travers

I.gear [gɪəʳ, Am gɪr] N

1. gear AUTO (speed):

gear

vitesse f

in first/second/third gear

en première/seconde/troisième

to be in neutral [or out of] gear

être au point mort

to change [or Am shift] gear

changer de vitesse

to shift into top [or Am high] gear

passer à la vitesse maximale

2. gear (mechanism):

gear

mécanisme m

3. gear TECH (set of gears):

gear(s)

engrenage m

4. gear (toothed wheel):

gear

roue f dentée

5. gear no pl inf (equipment):

gear

attirail m

gear clothes

tenue f

6. gear no pl inf (belongings):

gear

affaires fpl

7. gear no pl inf (trendy clothes):

gear

fringues fpl

Phrases:

to move up a gear

passer à la vitesse supérieure

to be out of gear

être au point mort

to shift into high gear

passer à plein régime

II.gear [gɪəʳ, Am gɪr] VB intr

gear

s'engrener

III.gear [gɪəʳ, Am gɪr] VB trans

1. gear TECH:

gear

engrener

2. gear fig:

to gear sth to sth

adapter qc à qc

to be geared for sth

être préparé pour qc

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Placing the oil pump low-down uses a near-vertical drive shaft, driven by helical skew gears from the camshaft.

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The camshaft was geared directly to the crankshaft which had skew gears driving a shaft with the points at the top and the oil pump at the bottom.

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Coil and dynamo ignition was driven by skew gearing from the camshaft-drive vertical shaft.

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In skew gears, teeth suddenly meet at a line contact across their entire width causing stress and noise.

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