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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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Force
Automotive; Automobile
Influence tending to change the motion or direction of a body at rest or in motion.
Forced induction
Automotive; Automobile
Engine inlet system using a supercharger or turbocharger to force the fuel mixture into the cylinders at greater than atmospheric pressure.
Four-stroke engine
Automotive; Automobile
Internal-combustion engine operating on the Otto cycle principle of intake, compression, expansion and exhaust.
Four-wheel drive
Automotive; Automobile
System in which power can be transmitted to four road wheels instead of two.
Freewheeling hubs
Automotive; Automobile
Four-wheel drive system in which the non-driven wheels can freewheel (i.e. rotate unrestrained) under normal road conditions.
Final drive gears
Automotive; Automobile
Gearing system that reduces the transmission output shaft speed to an appropriate figure for turning the wheel shafts.
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