Meanings
nounchain drive (plural chain drives)
plural chain drives
- engineeringtransmission system in which power is transferred to the wheels (for example), by means of a chain.
Synonyms & antonyms
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Translations
Chinese Mandarin 鏈傳動 /链传动
- 鏈傳動 /链传动 (liànchuándòng)transmission system
Dutch kettingaandrijving
- kettingaandrijvingtransmission system
Finnish ketjuvälitys
- ketjuvälitystransmission system
French transmission par chaîne
- transmission par chaînetransmission system
German Kettengetriebe
- Kettengetriebetransmission system
Portuguese correia
- correiatransmission system
Russian цепна́я переда́ча
- цепна́я переда́ча (cepnája peredáča)transmission system
Spanish cadena de transmisión, transmisión de cadena
- cadena de transmisióntransmission system
- transmisión de cadenatransmission system
Welsh gyriant cadwyn
- gyriant cadwyntransmission system
Cite this entry
APA
chain drive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chain%20drive
MLA
“chain drive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chain%20drive. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chain drive,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chain%20drive.
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