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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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V-type engine
Automotive; Automobile
An engine configuration in which the cylinders are laid out in a V formation.
Weight-carrying hitch
Automotive; Automobile
This hitch is engineered to carry all of the tongue weight of the trailer.
Weight-distributing hitch
Automotive; Automobile
This hitch, which often includes a sway bar, allows most of the trailer's tongue weight to be transferred to the tow vehicle's frame (through the hitch receiver). The total load is distributed to all ...
Wheelbase
Automotive; Automobile
The horizontal distance from the centre of the vehicle's front wheel to the centre of the rear wheel.
Tripmeter
Automotive; Automobile
An instrument that can be used to measure the distance between specific points or between fill-ups.
Turning circle (diameter)
Automotive; Automobile
Typically measured curb-to-curb, this is the tightest possible circle driven by the outside front tyre between two imaginary curbs.
Torque
Automotive; Automobile
A measurement of force by a twisting motion. In an engine, torque is the twisting force at the crankshaft measured in pound-feet (lb.-ft.). One poundfoot is the force of one pound acting at a right ...
