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Automotive
Dealing with vehicles or machines used for travel or motion, especially cars.
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current
Automotive; Automobile
(1) The movement of free electrons through a conductor. (2) The most recent model vehicle (i.e., made in the same year as the present calendar).
crank throw
Automotive; Automobile
(1) The part of the crankshaft that the connecting rod fastens to. See crankpin. (2) The distance between the crankpin and the axis of rotation or centerline of the crankshaft, ...
cowl
Automotive; Automobile
(1) The part of the vehicle body between the engine firewall and the front of the dash panel. It usually houses the instruments and the plenum chamber for the heater-ventilation ...
discharge pressure
Automotive; Automobile
(1) The pressure exerted in a liquid pumped, expressed in psi. (2) The (high side) pressure of the refrigerant being discharged from the air conditioner compressor.
control pressure
Automotive; Automobile
(1) The pressure in a fuel injection system. (2) the pressure coming from line pressure or throttle pressure in the automatic transmission which pushes on the command valves. (3) ...
creep
Automotive; Automobile
(1) The tendency of a vehicle with automatic transmission to edge forward when idling when the transmission is in Drive and the brake is not engaged. Also called idling drag. (2) ...
diamond frame
Automotive; Automobile
(1) The traditional men's bicycle frame the principal parts of which form a diamond shape. (2) Tubular-frame design for motorcycles common until WW II and derived from the bicycle ...
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