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The first gear of a transmission or other gearbox, which usually is the one that provides the lowest output speed and greatest mechanical advantage, except in setups in which there is a granny gear.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- Near-synonym: low gear (synonymous except when a creeper gear is present)
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: first, low gear
Antonyms: none provided
the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: first, low gear, low
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: gear, gear mechanism
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
24 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
пъ́рва преда́вка
(pǎ́rva predávka)
— lowest gear of a transmission
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Chinese Mandarin:
第一檔 /第一档
(dìyīdàng)
— lowest gear of a transmission
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Finnish:
ykkönen
— lowest gear of a transmission
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Finnish:
ykkösvaihde
— lowest gear of a transmission
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French:
première
— lowest gear of a transmission
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French:
première vitesse
— lowest gear of a transmission
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Galician:
primeira
— lowest gear of a transmission
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German:
erster Gang
— lowest gear of a transmission
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Hungarian:
egyes
— lowest gear of a transmission
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Hungarian:
egyes fokozat
— lowest gear of a transmission
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Hungarian:
egyes sebesség
— lowest gear of a transmission
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Icelandic:
fyrsti gír
— lowest gear of a transmission
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Interlingua:
prime velocitate
— lowest gear of a transmission
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Irish:
céad ghiar
— lowest gear of a transmission
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Italian:
prima
— lowest gear of a transmission
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Italian:
prima marcia
— lowest gear of a transmission
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Japanese:
ローギア
(rō gia)
— lowest gear of a transmission
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Macedonian:
прва брзина
(prva brzina)
— lowest gear of a transmission
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Polish:
pierwszy bieg
— lowest gear of a transmission
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Portuguese:
primeira marcha
— lowest gear of a transmission
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Romanian:
prima viteză
— lowest gear of a transmission
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Russian:
пе́рвая переда́ча
(pérvaja peredáča)
— lowest gear of a transmission
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Swedish:
etta
— lowest gear of a transmission
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Swedish:
ettans växel
— lowest gear of a transmission
