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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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closing rocker
Automotive; Automobile
A cam or rocker which closes a valve in a mechanically operated valve system. Other types close the valve through the operation of the valve spring.
closing cam
Automotive; Automobile
A cam or rocker which closes a valve in a mechanically operated valve system. Other types close the valve through the operation of the valve spring.
cab-forward design
Automotive; Automobile
A car design in which the front end is short and the footwells extended to the front axle. This design gave more passenger space and pushed the windshield further from the passengers.
compound carburetor
Automotive; Automobile
A carburetor with more than one choke. Usually there are two: one for the large throttle opening and one for the small throttle opening, but they fit to a single port.
carburizing
Automotive; Automobile
A carburizing flame in welding terms is an oxygen-fuel gas flame with a slight excess of the fuel gas.
clutch housing
Automotive; Automobile
A cast iron or aluminum housing that surrounds the flywheel and clutch mechanism.
catalyst charge
Automotive; Automobile
A catalyst-coated material such as pellets or ceramic in a catalytic converter.
