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Automotive

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

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abaxial

Automotive; Automobile

Rays of light which do not coincide with the optical axis of a lens system.

Abnormal reflection

Automotive; Automobile

Reflection from the ionosphere of a radio wave whose frequency is greater than the critical frequency.

bleeding a system

Automotive; Automobile

Remove air bubbles from a brake system, a fuel injection system, or a cooling system so that they won't impede the flow of liquid through that system.

boring

Automotive; Automobile

Renewing the cylinders by cutting them out to a specified size, a boring bar is used to make the cut.

backfiring

Automotive; Automobile

Repeated backfires in the exhaust or the cylinders.

abrasion hardness

Automotive; Automobile

Resistance to abrasive wear, under specified conditions, of metal or mineraL.

barometric absolute pressure sensor (BARO or BP)

Automotive; Automobile

Sends a variable voltage signal to the computer which varies in accord with atmospheric pressure, allowing adjustment of the spark advance, EGR flow, and air/fuel ratio as a ...