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

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closing rocker

Automotive; Automobile

A cam or rocker which closes a valve in a mechanically operated valve system. Other types close the valve through the operation of the valve spring.

closing cam

Automotive; Automobile

A cam or rocker which closes a valve in a mechanically operated valve system. Other types close the valve through the operation of the valve spring.

cab-forward design

Automotive; Automobile

A car design in which the front end is short and the footwells extended to the front axle. This design gave more passenger space and pushed the windshield further from the ...

compound carburetor

Automotive; Automobile

A carburetor with more than one choke. Usually there are two: one for the large throttle opening and one for the small throttle opening, but they fit to a single port.

carburizing

Automotive; Automobile

A carburizing flame in welding terms is an oxygen-fuel gas flame with a slight excess of the fuel gas.

clutch housing

Automotive; Automobile

A cast iron or aluminum housing that surrounds the flywheel and clutch mechanism.

catalyst charge

Automotive; Automobile

A catalyst-coated material such as pellets or ceramic in a catalytic converter.