manual transmission

manual transmission

English

Noun

manual transmission (plural manual transmissions)

1. (automotive) Mechanical transmission which shifts gears by the action of the driver's hand on the gearstick or gear lever, rather than automatically; a manual gearbox.

Synonyms

• stickshift, standard transmission

Antonyms

• automatic transmission, automatic gearbox, automatic

Translations

type of transmission

Finnish: manuaalivaihteisto (fi) French: boite de vitesses manuelle (fr) Macedonian: рачен менувач m (ráčen ménuvač)

Romanian: cutie de viteze manuală f Serbo-Croatian: ручни мењач m (ručni menjač) Swedish: manuell växellåda c

See also

• continuously variable transmission
• semi-automatic transmission