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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Camshaft

Automotive; Automobile

A shaft fitted with several cams, whose lobes push on valve lifters to convert rotary motion into linear motion. The opening and closing of the valves in all piston engines is regulated by one or ...

Threadlike strands of pure carbon that are extremely strong in tension (that is, when pulled) and are reasonably flexible. Carbon fibre can be bound in a matrix of plastic resin by heat, vacuum, or ...

Caster

Automotive; Automobile

The angle between a vertical line and the car's steering axis when viewed from the side, measured in degrees and minutes.

Tread squirm

Automotive; Automobile

The flexibility in the tyre tread between the surface of the tread and the tyre carcass. Snow tires, with their small, deep, unsupported tread blocks, have a large amount of tread squirm. Slick ...

Tube frame

Automotive; Automobile

A car frame made up of rigid tubing welded together. Tube frames are easier to manufacture in small quantities than unitized frames.

Tumblehome

Automotive; Automobile

The term that describes the convex curvature on the side of a car body.

Crankshaft

Automotive; Automobile

A shaft with one or more cranks, or "throws," that are coupled by connecting rods to the engine's pistons. Together, the crankshaft and the con rods transform the pistons' reciprocating motion into ...