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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Grubscrew

Automotive; Automobile

Small screw that has the same diameter from top to bottom. A slot or hexagonal depression takes the place of a separate head at one end.

Gull-wing

Automotive; Automobile

Passenger body with side doors hinged at the top. When open, they resemble the wings of a gull.

Half shaft

Automotive; Automobile

Axle drive shaft connecting a differential or final drive unit to a road wheel.

Gas turbine

Automotive; Automobile

Engine in which burning fuel expands to drive a turbine that rotates a power shaft.

Gasoline

Automotive; Automobile

Volatile fuel formed by distilling crude petroleum, oil or coal-based natural products.

Gear ratio

Automotive; Automobile

Numerical ratio comparing the number of teeth on a pair of meshed gears.

Gearbox

Automotive; Automobile

Device able to speed up or reduce the rotary motion of its input shaft compared with its output shaft. A reduced output shaft speed multiplies the input torque.