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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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Aboard ship

Automotive; Automobile

1. Being on, or in, a ship. 2. As in lighter aboard ship (LASH): small barges for carrying cargo between ships and the shore.

Abradant

Automotive; Automobile

1. A substance or material which abrades and wears down. 2. A machine used for polishing or wearing something down.

Abrasion

Automotive; Automobile

The process of wearing a surface down by friction.

Abrasion hardness

Automotive; Automobile

The measurement of a material's resistance to abrasion.

Abrasive blast cleaning

Automotive; Automobile

A metal cleaning process which can prepare metal for painting. Powder or sand is forced through a nozzle at high speed, causing abrasion to the surface. This abrasion can remove rust or scale from ...

Abrasive cleaner

Automotive; Automobile

A cleaning substance for grime and oils containing hard grit. It comes in paste form and can be used on the hands or any surface.

Abrasive disc

Automotive; Automobile

A thin circular plate embedded with an abrasive e.g. grit or sand, used in abrasive saws to cut hard materials like metals.

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