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Noun: third gear
  1. 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";
    - third

Derived forms: third gears

Type of: gear, gear mechanism

Part of: auto [informal], autocar [archaic], automobile [N. Amer], car, motorcar, wheel [informal], whip [US, informal]

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