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Automotive

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

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sparring

Automotive; Automobile

Strips of wood fitted inside the frames to keep cargo away from hull steelwork.

compression check

Automotive; Automobile

Testing the compression in all the cylinders at cranking speed. All plugs are removed, the compression gauge placed in one plug hole, the throttle cracked wide open and the engine ...

clutch pressure plate

Automotive; Automobile

That part of a clutch assembly that through spring pressure, squeezes the clutch disc against the flywheel thereby transmitting a driving force through the assembly. To disengage ...

camshaft journal

Automotive; Automobile

That part of the camshaft that runs in one of its bearings.

camshaft housing

Automotive; Automobile

That part of the engine which encloses the camshaft and often other parts of the valve train.

cast spoke assembly

Automotive; Automobile

That part of the vehicle consisting of the brake drum and wheel spider, having 3, 5 or 6 spokes.

center of gravity (CG)

Automotive; Automobile

That point in an object, if through which an imaginary pivot line were drawn, would leave the object in balance. In the vehicle, the closer the weight to the ground, the lower the ...