gearshift
Americannoun
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a device for selecting, engaging, and disengaging gears for a system for the transmission of power, especially in a motor vehicle.
Etymology
Origin of gearshift
Example Sentences
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The effect of the molecular gearshift could be fine-tuned by adjusting the size and structure of the stationary molecule attached to the gear molecule.
From Science Daily • Jan. 19, 2024
The government hopes the prospect of cheaper running costs will create a gearshift in the minds of other drivers of the ubiquitous boda-bodas, most of whom still use petrol or diesel.
From BBC • Jan. 6, 2024
That’s when “The Staircase” suggests a dramatic gearshift to something else entirely: the rare fictionalization that underscores the many narrative decisions that went into piecing together its ostensibly more straightforward, fly-on-the-wall precursor.
From Washington Post • May 5, 2022
Some of the complaints say the gearshift indicator shows that the vans are in park, but they were able to roll away.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 6, 2021
Lavadie fumed silently for a full ten seconds before jamming the gearshift into reverse and bouncing backward out of the yard.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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