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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.
Industry: Automotive
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capping
Automotive; Automobile
(1) Installing a new tread on a tire carcass. (2) Door molding or capping.
cage
Automotive; Automobile
(1) On a front derailleur of a bicycle, it is a pair of parallel plates that push the chain from side to side; on a rear derailleur, it is a set of plates in which pulleys are mounted to hold and ...
component
Automotive; Automobile
(1) One of the parts that make up the whole system or device, as in The brake pad is a component of the brake system. (2) A raw material, ingredient, part or subassembly that goes into a higher level ...
checking
Automotive; Automobile
(1) Short, very fine crack lines that appear in the paint film. (2) Small cracks in the surface of rubber (e.g., tires) caused by aging and oxidation.
cable activated
Automotive; Automobile
A device which is controlled by a cable. As a lever or pedal is engaged, the device is correspondingly moved. The longer the cable the less efficient is the system. Cables tend to stretch and fray ...
compression tester
Automotive; Automobile
A device which is screwed or pushed into the spark plug hole so that when the engine is turned over, it measures the amount of compression in that cylinder.
brush holder
Automotive; Automobile
A device which keeps the carbon brushes in an electric motor in contact with the commutator or slip ring.
