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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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Walk-in mechanism

Automotive; Automobile

Device to allow a front seat to be quickly moved forward, for easier access to the rear.

Vortex

Automotive; Automobile

Whirling or circular motion, applicable to airflow or oil movement.

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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