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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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Desmodromic valves
Automotive; Automobile
Actuation system using a mechanical means instead of springs to close the engine's valves.
Armco
Automotive; Automobile
Trade name for a metal guardrail used on highways and at race circuits to prevent vehicles leaving the road when control is lost.
Aspirated engine
Automotive; Automobile
One that draws in fuel mixture at normal atmospheric pressure, as distinct from turbocharged or supercharged designs.
Asymmetric carcass
Automotive; Automobile
Tyre in which the carcass is not uniform in cross-section.
Asymmetric headlamps
Automotive; Automobile
Pair of headlamps in which one light beam shines at a different angle to the other. One beam illuminates the kerbside, the other the road ahead.
Asymmetric tread
Automotive; Automobile
Tyre tread with a pattern that is not uniform across the tyre's width.
Atkinson cycle
Automotive; Automobile
Internal combustion cycle that enables the compression stroke and expansion strokes to be mechanically independent of each other.
