Usually means: Equipped with additional gear reduction.
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  6. back-geared: FreeDictionary.org
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Definitions from WordNet (back-geared)

▸ adjective:  (of a lathe) equipped with gearing for reducing the speed of the spindle from that of the driving pulley ("A back-geared lathe")


Opposite:
direct-drive, non-reversing, non-back-geared

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direct-drive, non-reversing, non-back-geared




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