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  • 1second gear — second position on a gear shift in a vehicle, central shifting relationship between the engine and the wheels …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 2second gear — noun the gear that has the second lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle he had to shift down into second to make the hill • Syn: ↑second • Hypernyms: ↑gear, ↑gear mechanism • Part Holonyms: ↑motor vehicle, ↑ …

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  • 3second gear — /sɛkənd ˈgɪə/ (say sekuhnd gear) noun Motor Vehicles the second forward gear ratio …

  • 4second gear — A middle gear which has a faster ratio than low gear, but slower than high gear. It is used for climbing or descending steep hills …

    Dictionary of automotive terms

  • 5second gear — noun The second lowest gearing available from a gearbox …

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  • 6second speed — second speed, = second gear. (Cf. ↑second gear) …

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  • 7second — See second gear …

    Dictionary of automotive terms

  • 8Gear ratio — The gear ratio is the relationship between the number of teeth on two gears that are meshed or two sprockets connected with a common roller chain, or the circumferences of two pulleys connected with a drive belt. General description In the… …

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  • 9Gear stick — A gear stick (also known as gearstick, gear lever, selection lever, shift stick and gear shifter) is the lever used to change gear in a vehicle, such as an automobile, with manual transmission or several common forms of automatic transmission.… …

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  • 10second — second1 seconder, n. /sek euhnd/, adj. 1. next after the first; being the ordinal number for two. 2. being the latter of two equal parts. 3. next after the first in place, time, or value: the second house from the corner. 4. next after the first… …

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