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fifth gears

fifth gears is the plural of fifth gear.

Meaning of fifth gear

Noun

fifth gear (countable and uncountable, plural fifth gears)

  1. The fifth of the gears of a transmission; in many motor vehicles built in the 1970s or later, it is the top gear, being the overdrive gear, although in the 21st century some vehicles have transmissions with yet more gears (e.g., 6, 7, 8), among both manual transmissions and automatic transmissions.
    Synonyms:
    fifth[Appendix:Glossary

Questions about fifth gears

What is fifth gears the plural of?
Fifth gears is the plural of fifth gear.

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