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Overdrive - Motor Sports (gambling)


A transmission gear with a ratio below 1:1, which improves fuel economy by reducing engine revolutions per minute at highway speeds. On a five-speed manual transmission, the fourth and fifth gears are overdrive. On a four-speed automatic transmission, the fourth gear is overdrive. When an overdrive gear set is engaged, the output shaft turns at a higher rate than the input shaft, reducing engine revolutions at cruising or highway speeds.

deuteropathy (medicine)


deuteropathy
<medicine> A sympathetic affection of any part of the body, as headache from an overloaded stomach.

Origin: NL. Deuteropathia, fr. Gr. Second + suffering, fr, to suffer: cf. F. Deuteropathie.

Source: Websters Dictionary