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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braking effort

Automotive; Automobile

The amount of strength needed by the operator to bring a vehicle to a stop or the amount of resistance in the brake system.

braking force

Automotive; Automobile

The amount of strength needed by the operator to bring a vehicle to a stop or the amount of resistance in the brake system.

bevel

Automotive; Automobile

The angle that one surface makes with another when they are not at right angles.

bold-up

Automotive; Automobile

The application of retread or repair rubber.

bearing surface

Automotive; Automobile

The area of the bearing that is in actual contact with the shaft or other supporting member.

absolute configuration

Automotive; Automobile

The arrangement of groups about an asymmetric atom, especially a tetrahedrally bonded atom with four different substituents.

brake mean effective pressure (BMEP)

The average pressure in the cylinders of an engine divided by its mechanical efficiency, i.e., the ratio of the power actually delivered at an output shaft to the power developed in the cylinders. It ...