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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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Fastback
Automotive; Automobile
Passenger car body with the roof sloping in a near continuous curve from the windscreen to the rear.
Fatigue failure
Automotive; Automobile
Condition in which metal or plastic cracks due to repeated applications of stress.
Cardan joint
Automotive; Automobile
Universal joint with two yokes arranged in a cross shape, allowing one component to drive another not in exact line with it.
Cardan shaft
Automotive; Automobile
One transmitting power from one component to via one or more cardan joints.
Car-jacking
Automotive; Automobile
Process whereby unauthorised people enter a stationary vehicle and refuse to get out unless driven to a destination of their choice.
Castor/caster
Automotive; Automobile
Angle between an imaginary vertical line drawn through the wheel centre and a line through the kingpin or its equivalent, as seen in side elevation.
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