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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computer command control (CCC)

Automotive; Automobile

An electronically-controlled fuel metering system used on GM vehicle. Uses an oxygen sensor, a throttle position sensor and other information sensors to provide a computer with the data it needs to ...

company logo

Automotive; Automobile

An emblem which represents all or part of a company's trademark.

chaincase

Automotive; Automobile

An enclosed metal covering which encircles the drive and driven sprockets as well as the chain.

bumper system

Automotive; Automobile

An energy-absorbing system with some type of deformable material including hydraulic cylinders which enable the bumpers to protect the vehicle from damage in low-speed impacts.

cluttered engine compartment

Automotive; Automobile

An engine compartment or bay in which all the available space around the engine is occupied by other objects (alternator, pumps, air intake system, battery, wiper motor, heater motor, windshield ...

clip-on engine

Automotive; Automobile

An engine that is attached to a conventional bicycle frame.

constant-volume sampling

Automotive; Automobile

An exhaust-emissions measuring technique in which the exhaust gases produced by a vehicle's engine are collected as it is driven through a test sequence of accelerations, decelerations, and cruise ...