Automobile

Automobile

Of or relating to any vehicle, usually designed to carry passengers, that operates on ordinary roads and typically has four wheels and a gasoline or diesel internal-combustion engine.

Industry: Automotive

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abrade

Automotive; Automobile

To scratch or tear away two surfaces in contact by relative motion.

abort

Automotive; Automobile

To terminate a vehicle's flight either by failure or deliberate action to prevent dangerous consequences; if manned, a predetermined sequence of events is followed to ensure the safety of the crew.

bear

Automotive; Automobile

To turn as in the expression, When you get to the corner, bear right.

bottom dumps

Automotive; Automobile

Trailers that unload through bottom grates.

Two types of metal bonded into a strip and formed into a coil. Each type of metal has different thermal expansion characteristics, so the coil straightens when heated and coils up when cold. Bimetals ...

absolute units

Automotive; Automobile

Units derived directly from the fundamental units of a system and not based on arbitrary numerical definitions. The differences between absolute and international units were small; both are now ...