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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.
Industry: Automotive
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Mechanical efficiency
Automotive; Automobile
Ratio of a component's output to the input, expressed as a percentage. The difference represents frictional and other losses.
Barrel throttle
Automotive; Automobile
Airflow control member in a carburettor, being a cut-away cylinder rotated by the linkage.
Battery coil ignition
Automotive; Automobile
System in which current from the battery is transformed into high-tension electricity in a coil to fire the spark plugs.
Battery condition metre
Automotive; Automobile
Instrument showing the battery's voltage output and current condition.
Battery polarity
Automotive; Automobile
Term denoting whether the positive or negative terminal of a battery is connected to earth.
Axle ratio
Automotive; Automobile
That between the speed of the propeller shaft and the speed of the shafts driving the wheels.
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