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Originally Posted by AdamHeard
EDIT: Pet Peeve; A single speed = Gearbox, Shifting = Transmission.
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The term transmission goes back decades, maybe a century for mechanical gearboxes that perform speed/torque modification.
In the mechanical industry the term 'power transmission' covers all type of fixed variable speed gearboxes, chains, belts, couplers, shafts, pulleys, etc. It is a standard nomenclature that goes back a LONG way.
BTW, in the electric power industry 'power transmission' is the high voltage 64K to 500K lines that connect generation stations to the distribution grid, but that has nothing to do with this topic.