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gear shift

gear shift noun: that part of a gearbox involved in changing gear, including the lever and the forks attached to it.

Noun

gear shift (plural gear shifts)

  1. That part of a gearbox involved in changing gear, including the lever and the forks attached to it.
  2. (Canada, US) The lever or other interface a human uses to shift gears.
  3. (figuratively) a stark change, esp. between considerably differently paced things (e. g. in a narration, topics on an agenda, music)

gear shift meaning in Vietnamese

gear shift in Vietnamese

part of a gearbox involved in changing gear
cần số

Synonyms of gear shift

Forms of gear shift

pluralgear shifts

Questions about gear shift

What does gear shift mean?
Gear shift means that part of a gearbox involved in changing gear, including the lever and the forks attached to it.
What is gear shift in Vietnamese?
Gear shift in Vietnamese is cần số. See Gear shift meaning in Vietnamese.
What part of speech is gear shift?
Gear shift is a noun.
What is the plural of gear shift?
The plural of gear shift is gear shifts.

Words near gear shift in the dictionary

  1. gear oils
  2. gear queer
  3. gear queers
  4. gear ratio
  5. gear ratios
  6. gear shift
  7. gear shifts
  8. gear stick
  9. gear sticks
  10. gear to
  11. gear towards

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