Four-speed
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Four-speed is a noun meaning (attributive, uncountable, of a transmission) Having four forward speeds.
Meaning
(attributive, uncountable, of a transmission) Having four forward speeds.
More Meanings
- A transmission that has four forward speeds (it might or might not be a manual transmission); (metonymic) a vehicle with such a transmission.
Example Sentences
four-speed manual
four-speed automatic
My car has a four-speed transmission. It is not as efficient as my daughter's five-speed.
Power is derived from a British United Traction Limited "A"-type 150-h.p. six-cylinder horizontal diesel engine; this drives through a fluid flywheel, and thence through a free wheel unit to a four-speed epicyclic gearbox.
Word Forms
- four-speeds
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include four-door, fourhandedness, four-handedness, fold, quadriphase, quadruplexing.
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