Overdrive

{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-004067",
  "term": "Overdrive",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "A gear ratio in a vehicle's transmission where the output shaft rotates faster than the input shaft from the engine. This reduces engine speed for a given road speed, leading to lower fuel consumption and reduced engine wear during highway cruising. Modern automatic transmissions often incorporate multiple overdrive gears.",
  "subject": "Mechanical engineering",
  "translations": {
    "de": "Overdrive",
    "es": "sobremarcha",
    "fr": "surmultiplicateur"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/overdrive/"
}