third gear

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third gear - the third from the lowest forward ratio gear in the gear box of a motor vehicle; "you shouldn't try to start in third gear"

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auto, automobile, car, motorcar, machine - a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine; "he needs a car to get to work"

gear mechanism, gear - a mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle)

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gear gear mechanism Lug posture third			As the throttle is applied, the car pulls away in first gear and, at the appropriate moment, drive is switched automatically to the preselected second gear, at which time third gear is automatically pre-selected in the first gearbox. High technologies stepping to fore by Birmingham Mail (England) As the throttle is applied, the car pulls away in first gear and at the appropriate moment drive is switched automatically to the pre-selected second gear, at which time third gear is automatically pre-selected in the first gearbox. Eco shifts up a gear by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England) It's estimated a vehicle travelling at 37 mph in third gear uses 25% more fuel than at the same speed in fifth gear. How to save fuel on holiday by The Journal (Newcastle, England)			thiotepa thiothixene Thiotolene thiouracil thiourea Thioxene Thíra third Third Age Third Baron Rayleigh third base third baseman third battle of Ypres third class Third Council of Constantinople third cranial nerve Third Crusade third deck third degree third dimension Third Epistel of John third estate third eye third eyelid third force third gear third house Third International Third Lateran Council third law of motion third law of thermodynamics third man third man argument third market Third Order third party third party insurance third person third power third quantum number third rail third reading Third Reich Third Republic third sacker Third sound third space third stomach third tonsil third trimester third ventricle			Third Eye Blind third eyelid third eyelid third eyelid third eyelid eversion third eyelid eversion third eyelid gland third eyelid gland third eyelid gland third eyelid gland prolapse third eyelid gland prolapse third eyelid gland prolapse third eyelid protrusion syndrome third eyelid protrusion syndrome third eyelids third eyelids third eyes third eyes Third Federal Savings and Loan third fibular muscle Third Five-Year Development Plan Third Floor North third force third forces Third Forestry Development Project Third Formant Frequency Third Frontier Action Fund Third Frontier Fuel Cell Program Third Frontier Network Third Frontier Program third gear Third Generation Third Generation Anti-Tank Third Generation Automatic Link Establishment Third Generation Automatic Order Matching and Execution System third generation cephalosporin Third Generation Channel Bank Third generation computer Third Generation GSM Third Generation Gyro Third Generation Inertial Instrument Third Generation Internet Protocol Third generation language Third generation language Third Generation Mobile System third generation oral contraceptive Third Generation Partnership Program Third Generation Platform Third Generation Radio Transmission Technology Third Generation TPM Third Generation Wave Model Third Generation Wireless Third Generation Wireless Network Third Generation-Traffic Management Protocol Third Geneva Convention Third Go Around

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