変速装置

Japanese

Kanji in this term
変	速	装	置
へん Grade: 4	そく Grade: 3	そう Grade: 6	ち Grade: 4
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
變速裝置 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

変速 (“gear shifting”) +‎ 装置 (“apparatus”)

Noun

変(へん)速(そく)装(そう)置(ち) • (hensoku sōchi) 

1. transmission, a gearbox (a mechanical assembly of gears that changes the torque and speed of shaft rotations)

Synonyms

• 変速機(へんそくき) (hensokuki)

References

• Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN