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Automotive

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

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counterweight

Automotive; Automobile

(1) Weight added to a rotating shaft or wheel to balance normal loads on the part and offset vibration. Counterweights are used on the crankshaft and are often found on the ...

core

Automotive; Automobile

(1) When referring to casting -- a sand unit placed inside of a mold so that when the metal is poured, the core will leave a hollow shape. (2) The magnetic center of a coil ...

converter

Automotive; Automobile

(1) When used with LPG (propane), it is a device which turns LPG (propane) from liquid to vapor for use in the engine. (2) Referring to a transmission it is the device that ...

double cap nut

Automotive; Automobile

(Budd mounting) A type of securing device which consists of an inner cap nut (sleeve nut) and an outer cap nut. It is the most common method for mounting disc wheels in dual.

cubic centimeter

Automotive; Automobile

(cc) Metric measurement of engine displacement. 1000 cc = 1 liter (litre) which is about 61 cubic inches (61.02374409). Thus a 428 cubic inch engine is 7 liters (428/61) and a ...

double-acting

Automotive; Automobile

(of a shock absorber or pump) having a piston with fluid on both sides so that in a pump one piston end performs the suction stroke while the other discharges the liquid, and in a ...