automatic transmission

English

Noun

automatic transmission (plural automatic transmissions)

  1. (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.

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