Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

continuously variable transmission

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.64 in modern English

Syllables: con-tin-u-ous-ly -vari-able -trans-mis-sion
IPA

44

Scrabble Score

32

Letters

10

Syllables

15

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several forms of automatic transmission, without specific gears, in which the gear ratio may be changed without any noticeable steps.

Inflected Forms

continuously variable transmissions (plural)

Phrases

automatic transmission manual transmission stick shift semi-automatic transmission semi-automatic semi-auto semi-manual transmission semi-manual

Frequently Paired Words

automatic transmission automatic auto A/T AT manual transmission manual stick

Synonyms

CVT

Questions

What does continuously variable transmission mean?: Any of several forms of automatic transmission, without specific gears, in which the gear ratio may be changed without any noticeable steps.

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