Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having two changes of the speed by means of gears, as in the back-gears of a lathe.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective equipped with compound gearing consisting of 2 pinions and 2 wheels in mesh to increase the mechanical advantage
- adjective (of a lathe) equipped with gearing for reducing the speed of the spindle from that of the driving pulley
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About 3000 of those investors were tipped into high-risk double-geared portfolios which fell into margin call late last year as sharemarkets crashed.
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