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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Cylinder

Automotive; Automobile

The round, straight-sided cavity in which the pistons move up and down. Typically made of cast iron and formed as a part of the block.

Cylinder head

Automotive; Automobile

The aluminium or iron casting that houses the combustion chambers, the intake and exhaust ports, and much or all of the valvetrain. The head (or heads, if an engine has more than one bank of ...

Cylinder liner

Automotive; Automobile

The circular housing that the piston moves in when the cylinder is not an integral part of the block. Also known as a "sleeve."

De dion suspension

Automotive; Automobile

A suspension system in which the rear, driven wheels are bolted to a transverse, lightweight, rigid member. Power is delivered to the wheels by universal-jointed half-shafts attached to a ...

Dead pedal

Automotive; Automobile

A footrest found to the left of the leftmost pedal. It provides a place for the driver to brace his left leg during hard cornering.

A condition in which, after the spark plug fires, some of the unburned air-fuel mixture in the combustion chamber explodes spontaneously, set off only by the heat and pressure of the air-fuel mixture ...

Differential

Automotive; Automobile

A special gearbox designed so that the torque fed into it is split and delivered to two outputs that can turn at different speeds. Differentials within axles are designed to split torque evenly; ...