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Automotive

Dealing with vehicles or machines used for travel or motion, especially cars.

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radiator

Automotive; Auto parts

Radiators are used for cooling internal combustion engines, mainly in automobiles but also in piston-engined aircraft, railway locomotives, motorcycles, stationary generating ...

hood

Automotive; Auto parts

The hood (US) or bonnet (UK) is the hinged cover over the engine of motor vehicles that allows access to the engine compartment for maintenance and repair.

bead

Automotive; Auto parts

The bead is that part of the tire that contacts the rim on the wheel. The bead is typically reinforced with steel wire and compounded of high strength, low flexibility rubber.

windshield

Automotive; Auto parts

The windshield or windscreen of an aircraft, car, bus, motorbike or tram is the front window.

petrol engine

Automotive; Auto parts

A petrol engine (known as a gasoline engine in North America) is an internal combustion engine with spark-ignition, designed to run on petrol (gasoline) and similar volatile ...

alternator

Automotive; Auto parts

An alternator is an electromechanical device that converts mechanical energy to electrical energy in the form of alternating current.

torsion spring

Automotive; Auto parts

A torsion spring is a spring that works by torsion or twisting; that is, a flexible elastic object that stores mechanical energy when it is twisted. The amount of force (actually ...