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Automotive
Dealing with vehicles or machines used for travel or motion, especially cars.
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cantilever spring
Automotive; Automobile
(1) A leaf spring which is mounted upside down and attached to the vehicle at its mid-point. This system is no longer in use in modern vehicles. (2) A quarter-elliptic leaf ...
buckle
Automotive; Automobile
(1) A locking clasp usually found on seat belts and tie-down straps. (2) To crumple up, especially when metal bends in a vehicle accident.
compressor
Automotive; Automobile
(1) A mechanism in a refrigerator or air conditioner that pumps vaporized refrigerant out of the evaporator, compresses it to a relatively high pressure and then delivers it to ...
bump start
Automotive; Automobile
(1) A method of starting a manual transmission (not for automatics) vehicle by pushing it (especially down a hill) and letting in the clutch while in second gear and the ignition ...
chopper
Automotive; Automobile
(1) A motorcycle which has been modified so that it has lengthened and raked front forks and a lowered seat. Often the original fuel tank is changed to a smaller size. The ...
chatter
Automotive; Automobile
(1) A noise which is caused by an irregular movement of rattling parts. (2) The jerky movement of two components which may have moved in a systematic way under low speed; but as ...
brush
Automotive; Automobile
(1) A paintbrush. See airbrush. (2) The pieces of carbon, or copper, that rub against the commutator on the generator or starter motor or against the slip rings on an alternator. ...
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