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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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Steering gain
Automotive; Automobile
The relationship between yaw and the steering wheel's position and effort. All three should be proportional and should build up smoothly.
Steering geometry
Automotive; Automobile
The group of design variables outside the steering mechanism that affect steering behavior, including camber, caster, linkage arrangement, ride steer, scrub radius, toe-in, and trail.
Steering response
Automotive; Automobile
A subjective term that combines steering feel and steering gain.
Straight-line tracking
Automotive; Automobile
The ability of a car to resist road irregularities and run in a straight line without steering corrections.
Strut
Automotive; Automobile
A suspension element in which a reinforced shock absorber is used as one of the wheel's locating members, typically by solidly bolting the wheel hub to the bottom end of the strut.
Sump
Automotive; Automobile
The space in the engine block under the crankshaft into which the oil drains from its various applications.
