Automotive Glossary


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Cold Cranking Rating

Applies to a battery's ability to provide a minimum current for a minimum time for starting a cold engine.

Cold Start Enrichment

An increase in the amount of petrol mixed with the air under cold starting conditions.

Cold Start Valve

An extra valve used only when starting from cold.

Cold Starting

Cranking the engine so that it will start and run under cold conditions.

Cold-Cracking

Cracking of a paint film resulting from a sudden drop in temperature, or repeated cycling from high to low to high temperatures.

Cold-start Valve

An extra valve used only when starting from cold.

Collector

Terminal of a transistor that becomes conductive to the emitter when the base is energised.

Collet

Small half-round and tapered components used to fix a valve stem to its cap.

Colour

The visual appearance of an object that can be described in terms of hue, value, and chroma. Colours are seen differently by different people and under different lighting conditions.

Colour Coat

The single-stage or basecoat that provides the visible colour of a coating system.


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