automatic transmission

Noun

 * 1)  A vehicle transmission which shifts gears automatically in response to vehicle speed and/or load, and does not require any driver input to manually change gears under normal driving conditions; an automatic gearbox.

Usage notes
The fluid-coupled geared type was the first and classic type of transmission that needs no manual shifting; even today, the term automatic transmission usually means that type unless otherwise specified, which makes CVT and other terms usually coordinate.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 自動波
 * Hakka: 自動波
 * Mandarin: 自動變速器, 自動排擋
 * Danish: automatgear, automatgearkasse
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Japanese:
 * Macedonian: автома́тски ме́нувач
 * Polish:
 * Romanian: cutie de viteze automată, transmisie automată
 * Russian: автомати́ческая коро́бка переключе́ния переда́ч,, автомати́ческая трансми́ссия
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ауто̀матскӣ мѐња̄ч, ауто̀матскӣ мјѐња̄ч
 * Roman: autòmatskī mènjāč, autòmatskī mjènjāč
 * Spanish: transmisión automática, caja automática
 * Swedish: automatisk växellåda, automatlåda