reduction drive
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English
Noun
reduction drive (plural reduction drives)
- (mechanical engineering) A device which reduces the input rotational speed to a lower output speed, and can also increase torque.
- 1962 December, “Talking of Trains: French track-layers for W.R.”, in Modern Railways, page 369:
- [...] there are also a direct drive to a hydraulic gear pump, and a reduction drive to two pumps in tandem; [...].