Automobile

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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Washboard surface

Automotive; Automobile

Road condition with regular corrugations formed by the repeated bouncing of vehicle wheels.

Warm-up

Automotive; Automobile

Process of allowing an engine to gain its correct working temperature after a cold start, before subjecting it to full load.

Wheel sensor

Automotive; Automobile

Electronic-monitoring device to cheque a wheel's rotational speed.

Wheel droop

Automotive; Automobile

Maximum distance a road wheel can drop from its normal position when the vehicle is jacked up and the suspension hangs freely.

Wheel balance

Automotive; Automobile

Process of eliminating vibration by evenly distributing the mass around a rotating tyre and wheel assembly.

Wheel arch eyebrow

Automotive; Automobile

Curved body extension over a mudguard, possibly to cover a wider-than standard tyre.

Internal combustion engine with a continuously rotating rotor replacing the piston. When turning, the rotor creates a number of sealed and steadily varying chambers where the fuel is progressively ...