Top Qs
Timeline
Chat
Perspective

powershift

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

Remove ads

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Etymology

From power + shift.

Verb

powershift (third-person singular simple present powershifts, present participle powershifting, simple past and past participle powershifted)

  1. (driving) To shift gears without letting off the accelerator and while briefly depressing the clutch, keeping the engine in its powerband.

Noun

powershift (uncountable)

  1. (automotive) A type of dual-clutch gear transmission system.
    • 2000, Bob Foster, Birdum or Bust!, Henley Beach, SA: Seaview Press, page 21:
      We overcame this difficulty by using a powershift front-end loader as the last unit in the train[.]
Remove ads

Wikiwand - on

Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.

Remove ads