A system of synchronized transmission found in modern gearboxes to make gear changing easier and smoother.
Used in a Sentence
synchromesh
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for synchromesh.
Editorial note
Shifting a manual is a minority of time, non-synchromesh makes shifting harder but it doesn't add much time.
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Quick take
A system of synchronized transmission found in modern gearboxes to make gear changing easier and smoother.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of synchromesh gathered in one view.
Having the quality of smoothly exchanging interlocking forces.
(by extension) A device which functions like a synchronized transmission.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for synchromesh.
noun
A system of synchronized transmission found in modern gearboxes to make gear changing easier and smoother.
adjective
Having the quality of smoothly exchanging interlocking forces.
noun
(by extension) A device which functions like a synchronized transmission.
Example sentences
Shifting a manual is a minority of time, non-synchromesh makes shifting harder but it doesn't add much time.
There are a lot of handed down memories of shifting in non-synchromesh transmissions with lousy cable driven clutches.
Are you sure it actually blips the throttle and it's not just the synchromesh gear in the gearbox?
They're planning to support Synchromesh pushing updates to clients over ActionCable channels when the whole stack supports Rails 5.
Or a manual car without synchromesh, where you have to double de-clutch to match the input and output shaft RPMs?
Apart from synchromesh rings there are no real wearable parts in a manual transmission.
Jaguar only started using a synchromesh gearbox in the E-Type in '65 or '66 (Series II) - that's forty years after the Austin.
Then I taught them how to drive stick in a car that requires double-clutching because it doesn't have synchromesh...
They had a design flaw where the synchromesh just fundamentally would not work, and if you fixed it it would just break itself again.
With synchromesh, you may not be audibly grinding the gears, but you are going to wear the synchros unless your rev-matching is very good.
If you're in neutral, the synchromesh can wear in some cases, though.
But I guess we are a long way from the old synchromesh days.
Quote examples
Edit: very old vehicles need a so called double-clutch / german "Zwischengas" to make up for the missing synchronisation / synchromesh gears.
Plus they were the first cars to come out with the "normal stick shift" with synchromesh instead of the steering shift bar which required way more delicate balancing of the throttle.
Proper noun examples
Synchromesh is a manual transmission technology and is perfectly robust to downshifting.
It looks like they're handling it with Reactive Record[1] and Synchromesh[2] > Reactive Record compiles your Active Record models so they are accessible to the front-end and implements an API based on your models and their associations.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use synchromesh in a sentence?
Shifting a manual is a minority of time, non-synchromesh makes shifting harder but it doesn't add much time.
What does synchromesh mean?
A system of synchronized transmission found in modern gearboxes to make gear changing easier and smoother.
What part of speech is synchromesh?
synchromesh is commonly used as noun, adjective.