Automotive

Automotive

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

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city car

Automotive; Automobile

A compact vehicle used for driving within a city rather than on the highway. It is usually only 10 to 12 feet (300 to 360 cm) long.

balance

Automotive; Automobile

(1) The state in which weight is evenly distributed. (2) The action of applying weights or drilling holes in something to establish even weight distribution so that vibration is ...

abacus

Automotive; Automobile

(1) The uppermost part of a colurnn capital or pilaster, on which the architrave rests. (2) A bead frame. Used as an arithmetic calculating aid.

absorption coefficient

Automotive; Automobile

(1) The volume of gas, measured at stp, dissolved by unit volume of a liquid under normal pressure (i.e., one atmosphere). (2) The fraction of the energy which is absorbed. (3) ...

bleed

Automotive; Automobile

(1) To remove air bubbles from hydraulic lines and components of a system. (2) To reduce the air pressure in tires that have been run, warmed up, and thus increased from their ...