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Vehicle equipment

rolling resistance

Automotive; Vehicle equipment

Retarding force, parallel to the direction of travel, caused by tire resistance along the ground.

scaling relations

Automotive; Vehicle equipment

Mathematical relations applied to events associated with a system at one scale to predict equivalent behavior at a different (usually larger) scale.

scuffing

Automotive; Vehicle equipment

A form of localized surface damage caused by inadequate lubrication between rubbing surfaces.

selectivity

Automotive; Vehicle equipment

Ability of a type of method, material, or instrumentation to respond to a specified substance or constituent and not to others.

smog

Automotive; Vehicle equipment

Aerosol mixture of ground-level ozone and other air pollutants produced through chemical reactions.

spark-ignition (SI) engine

Automotive; Vehicle equipment

An internal combustion engine in which the fuel mixture is ignited electrically. A spark-ignition engine runs on an Otto cycle — most gasoline engines run on a modified Otto cycle. This cycle uses a ...

specific power

Automotive; Vehicle equipment

Power produced per unit mass of fuel.

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