manual transmission

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noun
  1. an automotive transmission in which the driver shifts gears manually.: Compare automatic transmission.

Origin of manual transmission

1
First recorded in 1965–70

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How to use manual transmission in a sentence

  • Ordinary manual transmission by key is not in excess of forty to fifty words a minute.

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