Meanings
plural automatic transmissions
- automotiveA 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.
Meronyms: torque converter, automatic transmission fluid, ATF
Synonyms: automatic, slushbox · Antonyms: manual, manual transmission, standard transmission, stickshift, stick shift
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA 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.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna transmission that automatically changes the gears according to the speed of the car
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bulgarian автоматична трансмисия
- автоматична трансмисия (avtomatična transmisija)a mechanical transmission which shifts gears automatically in response to speed and/or load
Chinese Cantonese 自動波 /自动波
- 自動波 /自动波 (zi⁶ dung⁶ bo¹)a mechanical transmission which shifts gears automatically in response to speed and/or load
Chinese Mandarin 自動變速器 /自动变速器, 自動排擋 /自动排挡
- 自動變速器 /自动变速器 (zìdòng biànsùqì)a mechanical transmission which shifts gears automatically in response to speed and/or load
- 自動排擋 /自动排挡 (zìdòng páidàng)a mechanical transmission which shifts gears automatically in response to speed and/or load
Danish automatgear, automatgearkasse
- automatgeara mechanical transmission which shifts gears automatically in response to speed and/or load
- automatgearkassea mechanical transmission which shifts gears automatically in response to speed and/or load
Dutch automatische versnellingsbak
- automatische versnellingsbaka mechanical transmission which shifts gears automatically in response to speed and/or load
Finnish automaattivaihteisto
- automaattivaihteistoa mechanical transmission which shifts gears automatically in response to speed and/or load
French boite de vitesses automatique
- boite de vitesses automatiquea mechanical transmission which shifts gears automatically in response to speed and/or load
German Automatikgetriebe
- Automatikgetriebea mechanical transmission which shifts gears automatically in response to speed and/or load
Japanese オートマチックトランスミッション, AT
- オートマチックトランスミッション (ōtomachikkutoransumisshon)a mechanical transmission which shifts gears automatically in response to speed and/or load
- AT (ētī)a mechanical transmission which shifts gears automatically in response to speed and/or load
Polish automat, automatyczna skrzynia biegów
- automata mechanical transmission which shifts gears automatically in response to speed and/or load
- automatyczna skrzynia biegówa mechanical transmission which shifts gears automatically in response to speed and/or load
Romanian cutie de viteze automată, transmisie automată
- cutie de viteze automatăa mechanical transmission which shifts gears automatically in response to speed and/or load
- transmisie automatăa mechanical transmission which shifts gears automatically in response to speed and/or load
Russian автомати́ческая коро́бка переключе́ния переда́ч, АКПП
- автомати́ческая коро́бка переключе́ния переда́ч (avtomatíčeskaja koróbka pereključénija peredáč)a mechanical transmission which shifts gears automatically in response to speed and/or load
- АКПП (AKPP)a mechanical transmission which shifts gears automatically in response to speed and/or load
- автомати́ческая трансми́ссия (avtomatíčeskaja transmíssija)a mechanical transmission which shifts gears automatically in response to speed and/or load
Spanish transmisión automática, caja automática
- transmisión automáticaa mechanical transmission which shifts gears automatically in response to speed and/or load
- caja automáticaa mechanical transmission which shifts gears automatically in response to speed and/or load
Swedish automatisk växellåda, automatlåda
- automatisk växellådaa mechanical transmission which shifts gears automatically in response to speed and/or load
- automatlådaa mechanical transmission which shifts gears automatically in response to speed and/or load
Cite this entry
automatic transmission. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/automatic%20transmission
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