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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.

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chafer

Automotive; Automobile

The area between the bead and sidewall of a tire.

chafer strip

Automotive; Automobile

The area between the bead and sidewall of a tire.

breakover

Automotive; Automobile

The area of a dent in a panel where the sheet metal is actually buckled into the opposite direction of its normal shape.

contact patch

Automotive; Automobile

The area of a tire's tread that touches the ground.

combustion chamber recess

Automotive; Automobile

The area where combustion occurs in a rotary piston engine.

cockpit

Automotive; Automobile

The area, usually in racing cars, in which the driver sits and the instruments in front of him.

clutch facing

Automotive; Automobile

The asbestos-type lining on a clutch plate.

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