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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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Walk-in mechanism
Automotive; Automobile
Device to allow a front seat to be quickly moved forward, for easier access to the rear.
Wheel tramp
Automotive; Automobile
Suspension defect that allows a road wheel to oscillate up and down on a bumpy surface and lose contact with the road.
Wheel spin
Automotive; Automobile
Condition caused by excessive application of torque to the driving wheels, causing one or both tyres to break traction and rotate more rapidly than the non-driving wheels.
Wheel slip control
Automotive; Automobile
Electronic device to prevent the driving wheels breaking traction and spinning over the road surface.
Wheel shimmy
Automotive; Automobile
Vibration felt when defective balance and/or faulty suspension geometry causes a front wheel to try and oscillate around the kingpin.
Vorlauf geometry
Automotive; Automobile
Steering arrangement that moves the kingpin towards the rear of the vehicle, increasing the castor.
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