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Automotive

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

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body plan

Automotive; Automobile

A drawing showing the forms of the various cross sections, the curvature of the deck lines at the side, and the projections, as straight lines of the waterlines, the buttock ...

absorption dynamometer

Automotive; Automobile

A dynamometer which absorbs and dissipates the power which it measures, e.g., the ordinary rope brake and the Froude hydraulic brake.

balance patch

Automotive; Automobile

A factory installed patch used to bring a new tire within quality control balance tolerances before distribution and sale. It is placed inside the tire casing and looks much like ...

bead point

Automotive; Automobile

A feathered rubber extension of the bead toe used where a flap is not required; protects the tube from chafing between bead toes and rim base.

bolt-on fender

Automotive; Automobile

A fender which is secured with bolts rather than being welded in place.

absolute filter

Automotive; Automobile

A filter which removes most particulate matter from gases.

acrylic finish

Automotive; Automobile

A final coating of paint which uses acrylic paint, often where the pigment and an acrylic paint are mixed together.