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Automotive
Dealing with vehicles or machines used for travel or motion, especially cars.
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brake anchor
Automotive; Automobile
A steel stud or pin upon which one end of the brake shoes is either attached to or rests against. The anchor is firmly affixed to the backing plate.
ball joint steering knuckle
Automotive; Automobile
A steering knuckle that pivots on ball joints instead of on a kingpin.
accumulator battery
Automotive; Automobile
A storage battery (i.e., the main battery in your vehicle).
bimetal heat sensor (BHS)
Automotive; Automobile
A strip (usually coiled) consisting of two metals with different expansion characteristics. Bimetal strips are used in thermostatically controlled devices because they move or ...
baseline
Automotive; Automobile
A fore-and-aft reference line at the upper surface of the flat plate keel at the centerline for flush shell plated vessels. Vertical dimensions are measured from a horizontal ...
Abney mounting
Automotive; Automobile
A form of mounting for a concave diffraction grating, in which the eye-piece (or photographic plate holder) is fixed at the center of curvature of the grating and the slit can ...
blooming
Automotive; Automobile
A formation of an undesired thin surface film or a milky white haze or mist on paintwork. It is caused when paint is applied during humid, cold conditions as moisture is trapped ...
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