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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brake anchor

Automotive; Automobile

A steel stud or pin upon which one end of the brake shoes is either attached to or rests against. The anchor is firmly affixed to the backing plate.

ball joint steering knuckle

Automotive; Automobile

A steering knuckle that pivots on ball joints instead of on a kingpin.

accumulator battery

Automotive; Automobile

A storage battery (i.e., the main battery in your vehicle).

A strip (usually coiled) consisting of two metals with different expansion characteristics. Bimetal strips are used in thermostatically controlled devices because they move or bend toward the metal ...

baseline

Automotive; Automobile

A fore-and-aft reference line at the upper surface of the flat plate keel at the centerline for flush shell plated vessels. Vertical dimensions are measured from a horizontal plane through the ...

Abney mounting

Automotive; Automobile

A form of mounting for a concave diffraction grating, in which the eye-piece (or photographic plate holder) is fixed at the center of curvature of the grating and the slit can move around the ...

blooming

Automotive; Automobile

A formation of an undesired thin surface film or a milky white haze or mist on paintwork. It is caused when paint is applied during humid, cold conditions as moisture is trapped in the wet film.