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Automotive

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

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catalyst contamination

Automotive; Automobile

A reduction of efficiency because of impurity deposits.

collet

Automotive; Automobile

A removable ring or collar which fits into a groove to hold something in place.

compression ring

Automotive; Automobile

A ring which surrounds the piston and fits in a grove in the piston. It is designed to seal the burning fuel charge above the piston. Generally there are two compression rings per ...

busy intersection

Automotive; Automobile

A road junction where there is a lot of traffic and may be controlled by signal lights or not. Usually a place where accidents are more likely to occur.

burr

Automotive; Automobile

A roughness left on a cut or punched metal. A rough edge or ridge.

clutch diaphragm spring

Automotive; Automobile

A round dish-shaped piece of flat spring steel. It is used to force the pressure plate against the clutch disc in some clutches.

bumper insert

Automotive; Automobile

A rubber or plastic strip fitted to the width of a bumper to prevent scoring of the bumper.