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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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Volumetric efficiency
Automotive; Automobile
Ratio between a cylinder's theoretical capacity and the actual volume of fuel mixture drawn into it during the induction stroke.
W-engine
Automotive; Automobile
Reciprocating unit with three cylinder banks, instead of two, as in a V8.
Welch plug
Automotive; Automobile
Dished plug forced into place to seal a casting core or machined hole.
Weight transfer
Automotive; Automobile
Effective movement of mass (weight) down-thrust occurring during vehicle movements.
