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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Automobile \Au`to*mo"bile\, n. [F.] An automobile vehicle or mechanism; esp., a self-propelled vehicle suitable for use on a street or roadway. Automobiles are usually propelled by internal combustion engines (using volatile inflammable liquids, as gasoline or petrol, alcohol, naphtha, etc.), steam engines, or electric motors. The power of the driving motor varies from about 4 to 50 H. P. for ordinary vehicles, ranging from the run-about to the touring car up to as high as 200 H. P. for specially built racing cars. Automobiles are also commonly, and generally in British usage, called {motor cars}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: automobile n : 4-wheeled motor vehicle; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine; "he needs a car to get to work" [syn: {car}, {auto}, {machine}, {motorcar}] v : travel in an automobile
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