Automotive

Automotive

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

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clutch pedal

Automotive; Automobile

A foot-operated pedal located on the floor of the vehicle to the left of the brake pedal on cars with manual transmission. When the clutch pedal is depressed, it disengages the ...

British Motor Corporation (BMC)

Automotive; Automobile

A former manufacturer of British automobiles which changed its name to British Leyland and then to the Rover Group.

British Leyland (BL)

Automotive; Automobile

A former manufacturer of British automobiles, now called the Rover Group.

cant frame

Automotive; Automobile

A frame connected at the upper end to the cant beams.

compensating jet

Automotive; Automobile

A fuel tube or pipe in the carburetor, into which air is admitted through one or more holes to compensate for a tendency of the main nozzle to deliver too rich a mixture as the ...

air bleed

Automotive; Automobile

A fuel tube or pipe in the carburetor, into which air is admitted through one or more holes to compensate for a tendency of the main nozzle to deliver too rich a mixture as the ...