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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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Civic

Automotive; Automobile

A model of automobile manufactured by Honda.

car phone

Automotive; Automobile

A telephone that is installed in a vehicle, but has recently been replaced by personal cell phones.

child restraint system

Automotive; Automobile

A term for a number of items which are designed to protect children from injury during an accident (such as child seats).

burned metal

Automotive; Automobile

A term occasionally applied to the metal which has been combined with oxygen to the end that some of the carbon has been changed into carbon dioxide and some of the iron into iron oxide.

casing head gasoline

Automotive; Automobile

A term used to describe the lighter parts of petroleum products, which were obtained from natural gasoline by condensing natural gas from an oil well.

climatic chamber

Automotive; Automobile

A test area into which an automobile can be placed to see if it will meet the extremes of temperature and humidity.

breathalyzer test

Automotive; Automobile

A test given by the police to determine if a driver has exceeded the allowable alcohol content in his system.

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