"fifth gear" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fifth gears [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} fifth gear (plural fifth gears)
  1. 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. Categories (topical): Automotive, Five Synonyms: fifth[Appendix:Glossary#ellipsis|elliptically]]> Related terms: downshift, upshift Translations (the fifth gear of an engine): femte gear [neuter] (Danish), viitonen (Finnish), viitosvaihde (Finnish), πέμπτη (pémpti) [feminine] (Greek), quinte velocitate (Interlingua), петта брзина (petta brzina) [feminine] (Macedonian), quinta marcha [feminine] (Portuguese), viteza a cincea [feminine] (Romanian), пя́тая переда́ча (pjátaja peredáča) [feminine] (Russian), femma [common-gender] (Swedish)

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