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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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Radius arm
Automotive; Automobile
Rear axle locating arm to allow it to move up and down while fore-and-aft movement is limited to the radius of the arc described by the arms.
Rain-sensitive windscreen wipers
Automotive; Automobile
Those that respond to the amount of water on the windscreen.
Radar trap
Automotive; Automobile
Method of unobtrusively determining a vehicle's speed using radar techniques.
Race
Automotive; Automobile
Inner or outer ring of grooved steel forming one working surface of a ball bearing or roller bearing.
Rack
Automotive; Automobile
A gearwheel opened up and laid flat to convert rotary motion to linear motion.
Rack-and-pinion steering
Automotive; Automobile
System in which the steering wheel's rotary motion is translated into linear motion using a pinion engaging with a rack.
