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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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Afterburner

Automotive; Automobile

Exhaust manifold that burns hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide in the exhaust gases.

A-frame

Automotive; Automobile

Chassis frame shaped like the letter A; also a triangulated tow bar attached to the front of a towed vehicle.

Sun gear

Automotive; Automobile

Small gearwheel that revolves around its own axis and also around a gear meshing with it.

Summer ice

Automotive; Automobile

Hard-to-see accumulation of rubber and oil that accumulates on the road in dry weather and becomes slippery sludge in rain.

Stub axle

Automotive; Automobile

Short axle with wheel bearings that supports a wheel hub.

Stratified charge cylinder head

Automotive; Automobile

One in which the fuel mixture varies at different points in the combustion chamber, from rich close to the spark plug to lean in the outer areas.

Tapley metre

Automotive; Automobile

One that shows the rate at which a car is slowing.

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