automatic transmission
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English
Noun
automatic transmission (plural automatic transmissions)
- (automotive) A vehicle transmission which shifts gears automatically in response to vehicle speed and/or load, and does not require any driver input to manually change gears under normal driving conditions; an automatic gearbox.
- Synonyms: automatic (nominalized adjective), slushbox (informal)
- Antonyms: manual, manual transmission, standard transmission, stickshift, stick shift
- Hypernyms: transmission, tranny (informal)
- Hyponyms: dual-clutch gearbox, twin-clutch gearbox
- Meronym: torque converter
- Coordinate terms: continuously variable transmission, CVT, DCT, MCT, semi-automatic transmission
Usage notes
The fluid-coupled geared type was the first and classic type of transmission that needs no manual shifting; even today, the term automatic transmission usually means that type unless otherwise specified, which makes CVT and other terms usually coordinate.
Translations
a mechanical transmission which shifts gears automatically in response to speed and/or load
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