"first gear" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: first gears [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} first gear (plural first gears)
  1. 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. Synonyms: first#Noun[Appendix:Glossary#ellipsis|elliptical]]> Related terms: downshift, upshift Translations (lowest gear of a transmission): 第一檔 (Chinese Mandarin), 第一档 (dìyīdàng) (Chinese Mandarin), ykkönen (Finnish), ykkösvaihde (Finnish), première [feminine] (French), première vitesse [feminine] (French), primeira [feminine] (Galician), egyes (Hungarian), egyes fokozat (Hungarian), egyes sebesség (Hungarian), fyrsti gír (Icelandic), prime velocitate (Interlingua), céad ghiar (Irish), prima [feminine] (Italian), prima marcia [feminine] (Italian), ローギア (rō gia) (Japanese), прва брзина (prva brzina) [feminine] (Macedonian), primeira marcha [feminine] (Portuguese), prima viteză [feminine] (Romanian), пе́рвая переда́ча (pérvaja peredáča) [feminine] (Russian), etta (english: almost always definite: ettan) [common-gender] (Swedish), ettans växel [common-gender] (Swedish)

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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "lowest gear of a transmission",
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          "lang": "Interlingua",
          "sense": "lowest gear of a transmission",
          "word": "prime velocitate"
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "lowest gear of a transmission",
          "word": "céad ghiar"
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          "sense": "lowest gear of a transmission",
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          "word": "prima"
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          "sense": "lowest gear of a transmission",
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          "word": "prima marcia"
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          "roman": "rō gia",
          "sense": "lowest gear of a transmission",
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          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "prva brzina",
          "sense": "lowest gear of a transmission",
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          "word": "прва брзина"
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          "sense": "lowest gear of a transmission",
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          "word": "primeira marcha"
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          "sense": "lowest gear of a transmission",
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          "word": "prima viteză"
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          "roman": "pérvaja peredáča",
          "sense": "lowest gear of a transmission",
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            "feminine"
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          "word": "пе́рвая переда́ча"
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          "sense": "lowest gear of a transmission",
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      "sense": "lowest gear of a transmission",
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      "sense": "lowest gear of a transmission",
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      "sense": "lowest gear of a transmission",
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      "sense": "lowest gear of a transmission",
      "word": "fyrsti gír"
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      "sense": "lowest gear of a transmission",
      "word": "prime velocitate"
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "lowest gear of a transmission",
      "word": "céad ghiar"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "lowest gear of a transmission",
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      "word": "prima"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "lowest gear of a transmission",
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      "word": "prima marcia"
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      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "rō gia",
      "sense": "lowest gear of a transmission",
      "word": "ローギア"
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "prva brzina",
      "sense": "lowest gear of a transmission",
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      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "lowest gear of a transmission",
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      "word": "primeira marcha"
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      "code": "ro",
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      "sense": "lowest gear of a transmission",
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      "word": "prima viteză"
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pérvaja peredáča",
      "sense": "lowest gear of a transmission",
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      "word": "пе́рвая переда́ча"
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