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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Engine control module (ECM)

Automotive; Automobile

An advanced electronic computer which monitors engine conditions and then controls engine settings to optimise the combustion of the air/fuel mixture.

Electronic climate control (ECC)

Automotive; Automobile

An air conditioning system control which determines and maintains the preset temperature in the passenger compartment.

A bearing made of babbitt, bronze, etc. There are no moving parts (like an antifriction bearing which has ball bearings). The smooth inner surface of the babbitt insert and the smooth surface of the ...

Plain bearing

Automotive; Automobile

Fender bumping hammer

Automotive; Automobile

A body hammer with a one-sided, fairly long head that is lightly curt,ed and terminates in a rounded section; it is used to reach fender curves from the inside.

Girl's bike

Automotive; Automobile

A bicycle where the horizontal top bar (of a "boy's bike") is angled down from the steering tube down to the bottom bracket and is usually parallel with the down tube. See ladies' frame.

Fully galvanised body

Automotive; Automobile

A body shell which, except for aluminium and plastic parts, is produced entirely of double-sided galvanised steel and galvanised fasteners or which is immersed in galvanising fluid.