four-speed

noun

Etymology

The sense specific to a manual transmission came from an era when manual transmissions in passenger cars were usually four-speeds but automatics were usually three-speeds or two-speeds.

Definitions

1
Having four forward speeds.
- 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.
2
A transmission that has four forward speeds (it might or might not be a manual…
A transmission that has four forward speeds (it might or might not be a manual transmission); (metonymic) a vehicle with such a transmission.
- four-speed manual
- four-speed automatic

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA