fifth gear
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fifth gear
noun fifth gears
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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.
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noun the fifth gear of an engine
| Português | quinta marcha |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | fünfter Gang |
| Ελληνικά | πέμπτη pémpti |
| Română | viteza a cincea |
| Русский | пя́тая переда́ча pjátaja peredáča |
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