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.

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big-end cap

Automotive; Automobile

The detachable end of the connecting rod which fits on the crankpin.

A vehicle that is generally considered to be one of the finest models ever built. Unlike antique cars, classic cars do not have to be extremely old. Mustangs and VW bugs built in the late 1960s are ...

cone

Automotive; Automobile

(1) A bearing race that curves to the inside of a circle of ball bearings and works in conjunction with a cup.; (2) In welding, it is the inner visible flame shape of a neutral or near neutral flame.

cell

Automotive; Automobile

(1) A compartment or chamber in a battery which contain positive and negative plates suspended in electrolyte. A six-volt battery has three cells, a twelve-volt battery six cells. (2) The combustion ...

coat

Automotive; Automobile

(1) A covering of paint or similar substance. (2) To apply a covering of paint, etc .

check point

Automotive; Automobile

(1) A designated spot on a component where it is possible to determine if there is a malfunction. (2) A place on the road where vehicles are stopped during a rally.

cam

Automotive; Automobile

(1) A designed bump on a shaft or disc which causes a rocking motion in an adjacent part. (2) A metal disc with irregularly shaped lobes used in the camshaft to activate the opening and closing of ...