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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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Induction motor

Automotive; Automobile

Electrically-powered motor operating on the principle that an electromotive force is induced when the magnetic flux through a circuit changes.

Inline

Automotive; Automobile

Reference to an engine in which all cylinders are vertical and in one line, as distinct from one with two banks of cylinders set at an angle.

Instrument panel

Automotive; Automobile

One housing the instruments, switches and minor controls and placed in front of the driver, below windscreen level.

Intake manifold/pipe

Automotive; Automobile

Tube through which the fuel mixture travels on its way to the cylinder head.

Inboard

Automotive; Automobile

The locating of a component closer than usual to the vehicle's longitudinal centre-line.

In-car navigation

Automotive; Automobile

Electronic device employing satellite data and electronic mapping to provide navigation advice.

Inch

Automotive; Automobile

Imperial measure of distance, there being 25.4 mm to one inch.

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