reverse gear
"Reverse gear" is essential in vehicles and machinery for enabling backward movement.
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Definition
B2Automotive
(technical)A gear in a vehicle's transmission that allows it to move backward.
Example
- She shifted into reverse gear to back out of the parking spot.
C1Machinery
(technical)A mechanism in a machine that enables it to operate in the opposite direction.
Example
- The reverse gear in the conveyor system allows it to move materials in the opposite direction.
Similar
Terms that have similar or relatively close meanings to "reverse gear":
low gearsecond gearfourth gearout of geargear downin gearshift gearsgear shiftfind another geargo backwardsgear leverrunning gearbicycle gearrear viewrear wheelin reverse