gear shift

Meaning

1. That part of a gearbox involved in changing gear, including the lever and the forks attached to it.
2. (Canada, US) The lever or other interface a human uses to shift gears.
3. (figuratively) a stark change, esp. between considerably differently paced things (e. g. in a narration, topics on an agenda, music)

Synonyms

shift

speed change

gearshift

non-uniform velocity

velocity variation

varying speed

variable speed

Translations

Gangschaltung

αλλαγή ταχύτητας

levier

levier de vitesse

manette

versnellingspook

versnellingshendel

mudança de marcha