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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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Brake shoe
Automotive; Automobile
One of a pair of curved metal components, lined with friction material, located within a drum brake. The pair is pivoted so the shoe set-up can be expanded by hydraulic pressure to effect braking.
Breathalyser
Automotive; Automobile
Device for quickly determining a driver's approximate blood alcohol level.
Solar car
Automotive; Automobile
One which converts solar energy to electricity to provide the motive power.
Snow chain
Automotive; Automobile
One fixed around a vehicle's driving wheels to provide additional grip in snow and mud.
Snorkel air inlet
Automotive; Automobile
Air intake located above the windscreen that philtres air before it reaches the main carburettor.
Steel-belted radial-ply tyre
Automotive; Automobile
Radial-Ply Tyre with steel reinforcing belts in the carcass.
Squish
Automotive; Automobile
Organised turbulence in the combustion chamber caused by a final squeeze on the compressed fuel mixture as the piston reaches top dead center.
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