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What are the meaning of gear ratio and velocity ratio?

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Velocity ratio of gears is also called as gear ratio. Gears are counted by its teeth. The ratio of number of teeth on the follower to the number of teeth on the driver is called as gear ratio or its velocity ratio.

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