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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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Brake modulation
Automotive; Automobile
The process of varying pedal pressure to hold a car's brakes on the verge of lockup. Ideally, the brakes will unlock with only a slight reduction in the pressure needed to lock them. Typically, ...
Brake torquing
Automotive; Automobile
A procedure generally used in performance tests to improve the off-the-line acceleration of a car equipped with an automatic transmission. It is executed by firmly depressing the brake with the left ...
Breathing (engine)
Automotive; Automobile
A term used to describe an engine's ability to fill its cylinders with air-fuel mixture and then discharge the burnt exhaust gases. In general, the more air-fuel mixture an engine burns the more ...
Bushing
Automotive; Automobile
A simple suspension bearing that accommodates limited rotary motion, typically made of two coaxial steel tubes bonded to a sleeve of rubber between them. The compliance of the bushing in different ...
C-pillar
Automotive; Automobile
The roof support between a car's rearmost side window and its rear window. On a vehicle with four side pillars, the rearmost roof support may be called a D-pillar.
Cam profile
Automotive; Automobile
The shape of each lobe on a camshaft. The profile determines the amount, or "duration," of time the valve is open; it also largely determines the valve's maximum opening, or "lift."
Camber
Automotive; Automobile
The angle between the plane of a wheel's circumference and a vertical line, measured in degrees and minutes. The tops of a car's wheels tilt inward when the camber is negative, outward when it is ...
