Automobile

Automobile

Of or relating to any vehicle, usually designed to carry passengers, that operates on ordinary roads and typically has four wheels and a gasoline or diesel internal-combustion engine.

Industry: Automotive

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blister

Automotive; Automobile

(1) A bubble on a paint surface. (2) A localized bubble on the surface of a tire, normally caused by a separation between plies or between surface rubber and a ply.

(1) A colloquial term used to express the cylinders in an engine. Often used with a number such as "six banger." (2) A British colloquial term for beater (an older, cheaper, well-worn car which is ...

advanced

Automotive; Automobile

(1) A condition in which something occurs early. (2) A product which is on the cutting edge of technology and shows the latest in new ideas and concepts.

absolute

Automotive; Automobile

(1) A conic (a quadric in three dimensions) formed by the assemblage of the points at infinity on a line (in general two points). Its form determines the metrical properties of the geometrical system ...

booming

Automotive; Automobile

(1) A noise caused by interruptions to the flow of air such as an open windows. (2) Low pitched resonance, especially in the exhaust. (3) Thumping sound coming from large stereo woofers.

batch

Automotive; Automobile

(1) A number of things which are produced as a group. (2) A mixture of natural and synthetic rubber with other material such as fillers, chemicals, and vulcanizing agents in the production of tires.