| NOUN | artifact | high gear, high | a forward gear with a gear ratio that gives the greatest vehicle velocity for a given engine speed |
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| Meaning | A forward gear with a gear ratio that gives the greatest vehicle velocity for a given engine speed. | |
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| Synonym | high | |
| Part of | car, auto, automobile, machine, motorcar | A motor vehicle with four wheels |
| Narrower | overdrive | A high gear used at high speeds to maintain the driving speed with less output power |
| Broader | gear, gear mechanism | A mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle) |
| Spanish | directa | |
| Catalan | quarta, quinta | |
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