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Automotive

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

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band

Automotive; Automobile

Bands are like a metal belt which is in the shape of a circle where the two ends are close, but do not meet. They wrap around parts inside the transmission called "drums." The ...

blow back

Automotive; Automobile

Because of a sticky valve or the intake valve closing late, some of the air-fuel mixture is blown back through the carburetor.

bell mouth

Automotive; Automobile

Bell-shaped air intake attached to some carburetors.

bituminous paint

Automotive; Automobile

Black or dark colored tarry paint which contains bitumen. Used for the protection of exposed metal parts.

bathtub

Automotive; Automobile

Bodywork resembling an upside-down bathtub used on the rear of some Triumph motorcycles. It was introduced in 1957 and dropped in the early 1960s.

bonded brake lining

Automotive; Automobile

Brake lining that is attached to the brake shoe by an adhesive rather than by rivets.

braking efficiency

Automotive; Automobile

Braking effort as a percentage of the weight of the vehicle.