NOUN | artifact | third gear, third | the third from the lowest forward ratio gear in the gear box of a motor vehicle |
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Meaning | The third from the lowest forward ratio gear in the gear box of a motor vehicle. | |
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Example | "you shouldn't try to start in third gear" | |
Synonym | third | |
Part of | car, auto, automobile, machine, motorcar | A motor vehicle with four wheels |
Broader | gear, gear mechanism | A mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle) |
Spanish | tercera | |
Catalan | tercera |
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