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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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Bevel gears
Automotive; Automobile
Gears where the axles of two shafts interact, usually at right angles to each other. The tooth-bearing faces of the gears are the shape of the wide part of a cone.
Banjo axle
Automotive; Automobile
A form of rear-axle casing which resembles a banjo with two necks, owing to the differentail casing being in the centre.
Banjo rear axle housing
Automotive; Automobile
A form of rear-axle housing which allows for the differential unit to be removed without removing the housing from the vehicle.
Bank
Automotive; Automobile
Referring to many similar pieces of equipment connected in a line, e.g. a bank of engine cylinders.
Baquet
Automotive; Automobile
An old car with no roof, doors or windshield. Named after the French for a bathtub.
Barbershop
Automotive; Automobile
A colloquial trucker term for a low overpass, owing to the risk of damaging high-clearance vehicles.
