gear shift
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gear shift
noun gear shifts
- That part of a gearbox involved in changing gear, including the lever and the forks attached to it.
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The lever or other interface a human uses to shift gears.
Similar: shift lever, stick shift, gear lever, gear stick
- a stark change, esp. between considerably differently paced things (e. g. in a narration, topics on an agenda, music)
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noun part of a gearbox involved in changing gear
| 中文 | 調擋 /调挡 tiáodǎng |
|---|---|
| Français | levier de vitesse |
| Deutsch | Gangschaltung |
| Română | schimbător de viteză |
| Tiếng Việt | cần số |
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title = {gear shift},
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