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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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bleeder

Automotive; Automobile

The valve or screw used to vent the air out of a liquid-filled system.

absorption edge

Automotive; Automobile

The wavelength at which there is an abrupt discontinuity in the intensity of an absorption spectrum for electromagnetic waves, giving the appearance of a sharp edge in its photograph. The transition ...

absolute weight

Automotive; Automobile

The weight (or mass) of a body in a vacuum.

body glass

Automotive; Automobile

The windshield, backlight (rear window), and side windows of a vehicle.

accelerating-well ports

Automotive; Automobile

These ports prevent momentary leanness during the period that occurs between the opening of the air valve and the actual discharge of fuel from the secondary nozzles.

brake shoe heel

Automotive; Automobile

That end of the brake shoe closest to the anchor bolt or pin.

block

Automotive; Automobile

That part of the engine containing the cylinders.

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