Usually means: Transfers mechanical power through links.
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  1. chain drive: Merriam-Webster
  2. chain drive: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. chain drive: Collins English Dictionary
  4. chain-drive: Wordnik
  5. chain drive: Wiktionary
  6. chain drive: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. chain drive: Dictionary.com
  8. Chain-drive, Chain drive: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. chain drive: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Chain-drive, chain drive: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (chain drive)

▸ noun:  (mechanics) transmission system in which power is transferred to the wheels (for example), by means of a chain.

Similar:
drive train, transmission, timing chain, drivetrain, shafty, belt drive, four-wheel drive, drive, belt-drive, drive shaft, more...

Opposite:
belt drive, direct drive, gear drive

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Similar:
drive train, transmission, timing chain, drivetrain, shafty, belt drive, four-wheel drive, drive, belt-drive, drive shaft, more...

Opposite:
belt drive, direct drive, gear drive



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