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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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Rolling resistance
Automotive; Automobile
Total of all the internal forces tending to slow down a moving vehicle.
Rocker shaft
Automotive; Automobile
Component serving as the mounting and pivot point for the rocker arms in an overhead valve or overhead camshaft engine. Also the main steering box shaft that converts rotary motion into fore-and-aft ...
Roll oversteer
Automotive; Automobile
Undesirable handling characteristic, sometimes caused by poor location of the rear axle which moves under cornering forces.
Rocker arm
Automotive; Automobile
Small component, pivoted near its center, which transfers motion from an engine cam lobe or push rod to the poppet valve stem.
Scotch yoke
Automotive; Automobile
Mechanism to convert rotary motion to reciprocating motion or vice versa, using four links.
Screen pillar
Automotive; Automobile
Forward body pillar that supports the roof and one side of the windscreen.
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