Windshield, the Glossary
The windshield (North American English) or windscreen (Commonwealth English except Canada) of an aircraft, car, bus, motorbike, truck, train, boat or streetcar is the front window, which provides visibility while protecting occupants from the elements.[1]
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Acura TL
The Acura TL is a car that was manufactured by Acura, the North American luxury division of Honda.
Adhesive
Adhesive, also known as glue, cement, mucilage, or paste, is any non-metallic substance applied to one or both surfaces of two separate items that binds them together and resists their separation.
Airbag
An airbag is a vehicle occupant-restraint system using a bag designed to inflate exceptionally quickly and then deflate during a collision. Windshield and airbag are vehicle parts and vehicle safety technologies.
Aircraft
An aircraft (aircraft) is a vehicle that is able to fly by gaining support from the air.
Australasia
Australasia is a subregion of Oceania, comprising Australia, New Zealand, and some neighbouring islands in the Pacific Ocean.
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Automotive head-up display
An automotive head-up display or automotive heads-up display — also known as an auto-HUD — is any transparent display that presents data in the automobile without requiring users to look away from their usual viewpoints.
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Automotive navigation system
An automotive navigation system is part of the automobile controls or a third party add-on used to find direction in an automobile.
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Boat
A boat is a watercraft of a large range of types and sizes, but generally smaller than a ship, which is distinguished by its larger size or capacity, its shape, or its ability to carry boats.
British Isles
The British Isles are a group of islands in the North Atlantic Ocean off the north-western coast of continental Europe, consisting of the islands of Great Britain, Ireland, the Isle of Man, the Inner and Outer Hebrides, the Northern Isles (Orkney and Shetland), and over six thousand smaller islands.
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Brooklands
Brooklands was a motor racing circuit and aerodrome built near Weybridge in Surrey, England, United Kingdom.
BS 857
BS 857:1967 is a currently in-use British Standard specification for flat or curved safety glasses (toughened or laminated) for use in land vehicles, including road vehicles and railway vehicles. Windshield and BS 857 are car windows and vehicle safety technologies.
Bus
A bus (contracted from omnibus, with variants multibus, motorbus, autobus, etc.) is a road vehicle that carries significantly more passengers than an average car or van, but less than the average rail transport.
Car
A car, or an automobile, is a motor vehicle with wheels.
Cowling
A cowling is the removable covering of a vehicle's engine, most often found on automobiles, motorcycles, airplanes, and on outboard boat motors.
Crash test
A crash test is a form of destructive testing usually performed in order to ensure safe design standards in crashworthiness and crash compatibility for various modes of transportation (see automobile safety) or related systems and components.
End of Life Vehicles Directive
The End of Life Vehicles Directive is a Directive of the European Union addressing the end of life for automotive products.
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English in the Commonwealth of Nations
The use of the English language in current and former member countries of the Commonwealth of Nations was largely inherited from British colonisation, with some exceptions.
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Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards
The Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS) are U.S. federal vehicle regulations specifying design, construction, performance, and durability requirements for motor vehicles and regulated automobile safety-related components, systems, and design features. Windshield and federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards are automotive safety.
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Ford Motor Company
Ford Motor Company (commonly known as Ford) is an American multinational automobile manufacturer headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan, United States.
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Frit
A frit is a ceramic composition that has been fused, quenched, and granulated.
Frost
Frost is a thin layer of ice on a solid surface, which forms from water vapor that deposits onto a freezing surface.
Gawker Media LLC (formerly Blogwire, Inc. and Gawker Media, Inc.) was an American internet media company and blog network.
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Glass
Glass is an amorphous (non-crystalline) solid.
Glass recycling
Glass recycling is the processing of waste glass into usable products.
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Glass run channel
A glass run channel is a groove, normally made of rubber or plastic, that is found around windows (most commonly car windows). Windshield and glass run channel are car windows.
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Heat
In thermodynamics, heat is the thermal energy transferred between systems due to a temperature difference.
Henry Ford
Henry Ford (July 30, 1863 – April 7, 1947) was an American industrialist and business magnate.
Humidity
Humidity is the concentration of water vapor present in the air.
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is an American 501(c)(3) professional association for electronics engineering, electrical engineering, and other related disciplines.
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Jaguar Cars
Jaguar is the sports car and luxury vehicle brand of Jaguar Land Rover, a British multinational car manufacturer with its headquarters in Whitley, Coventry, England.
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Laminated glass
Laminated glass is a type of safety glass consisting of two or more layers of glass with one or more thin polymer interlayers between them which prevent the glass from breaking into large sharp pieces. Windshield and Laminated glass are glass coating and surface modification.
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Lamination
μCT scanning) through the length of a knitting needle that consists of laminated wooden layers: the layers can be differentiated by the change of direction of the wood's vessels Shattered windshield lamination keeps shards in place Laminate flooring A flexible thin-film solar cell for aerospace use (2007) Lamination is the technique/process of manufacturing a material in multiple layers, so that the composite material achieves improved strength, stability, sound insulation, appearance, or other properties from the use of the differing materials, such as plastic. Windshield and lamination are glass applications.
List of auto parts
This is a list of auto parts, which are manufactured components of automobiles.
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Motorcycle
A motorcycle (motorbike, bike, or, if three-wheeled, a trike) is a two or three-wheeled motor vehicle steered by a handlebar from a saddle-style seat.
Motorcycle accessories
Motorcycle accessories are features and accessories selected by a motorcycle owner to enhance safety, performance, or comfort, and may include anything from mobile electronics to sidecars and trailers.
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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is an agency of the U.S. federal government, part of the Department of Transportation, focused on transportation safety in the United States. Windshield and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration are automotive safety.
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Natural rubber
Rubber, also called India rubber, latex, Amazonian rubber, caucho, or caoutchouc, as initially produced, consists of polymers of the organic compound isoprene, with minor impurities of other organic compounds.
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Neoprene
Neoprene (also polychloroprene) is a family of synthetic rubbers that are produced by polymerization of chloroprene.
North American English
North American English is the most generalized variety of the English language as spoken in the United States and Canada.
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Nozzle
A nozzle is a device designed to control the direction or characteristics of a fluid flow (specially to increase velocity) as it exits (or enters) an enclosed chamber or pipe.
Pilkington
Pilkington is a glass-manufacturing company which is based in Lathom, Lancashire, England.
Plastic
Plastics are a wide range of synthetic or semi-synthetic materials that use polymers as a main ingredient.
Poly(methyl methacrylate)
Poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) is the synthetic polymer derived from methyl methacrylate.
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Polycarbonate
Polycarbonates (PC) are a group of thermoplastic polymers containing carbonate groups in their chemical structures.
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Polyvinyl butyral
Polyvinyl butyral (or PVB) is a resin mostly used for applications that require strong binding, optical clarity, adhesion to many surfaces, toughness and flexibility. Windshield and Polyvinyl butyral are car windows.
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Popular Mechanics
Popular Mechanics (often abbreviated as PM or PopMech) is a magazine of popular science and technology, featuring automotive, home, outdoor, electronics, science, do it yourself, and technology topics.
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Porsche
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Pressure
Pressure (symbol: p or P) is the force applied perpendicular to the surface of an object per unit area over which that force is distributed.
Quickclear
Quickclear is a European trademark used by the Ford Motor Company for its electrically heated windshield technology. Windshield and Quickclear are car windows.
Reckless driving
In United States law, reckless driving is a major moving violation related to aggressive driving that generally consists of driving a vehicle with willful or wanton disregard for the safety of persons or property.
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Refraction
In physics, refraction is the redirection of a wave as it passes from one medium to another.
Runway
According to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and takeoff of aircraft".
Seal (mechanical)
A seal is a device or material that helps join systems, mechanisms or other materials together by preventing leakage (e.g. in a pumping system), containing pressure, or excluding contamination.
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Stone damage
Stone damage, or stone-chip, is the damage that gravel and small stones can make to a vehicle. Windshield and stone damage are automotive safety, car windows, glass applications, glass coating and surface modification and vehicle safety technologies.
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Tempered glass
Tempered or toughened glass is a type of safety glass processed by controlled thermal or chemical treatments to increase its strength compared with normal glass.
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Tin(IV) oxide
Tin(IV) oxide, also known as stannic oxide, is the inorganic compound with the formula SnO2.
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Train
A train (from Old French trahiner, from Latin trahere, "to pull, to draw") is a series of connected vehicles that run along a railway track and transport people or freight.
Tram
A tram (also known as a streetcar or trolley in the United States and Canada) is a type of urban rail transit consisting of either individual railcars or self-propelled multiple unit trains that run on tramway tracks on urban public streets; some include segments on segregated right-of-way.
Truck
A truck or lorry is a motor vehicle designed to transport freight, carry specialized payloads, or perform other utilitarian work.
University of Surrey
The University of Surrey is a public research university in Guildford, Surrey, England.
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Vehicle blind spot
A blind spot in a vehicle or vehicle blind spot is an area around the vehicle that cannot be directly seen by the driver while at the controls, under existing circumstances. Windshield and vehicle blind spot are automotive safety.
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Waste management
Waste management or waste disposal includes the processes and actions required to manage waste from its inception to its final disposal.
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Window
A window is an opening in a wall, door, roof, or vehicle that allows the exchange of light and may also allow the passage of sound and sometimes air.
Window film
A window film, sometimes called tint, is a thin laminate film that can be installed on the interior or exterior of glass surfaces in automobiles and boats, and as well as on the interior or exterior of glass in homes and buildings. Windshield and window film are car windows.
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Windscreen wiper
A windscreen wiper (Commonwealth English) or windshield wiper (American English) is a device used to remove rain, snow, ice, washer fluid, water, or other debris from a vehicle's front window. Windshield and windscreen wiper are car windows and vehicle parts.
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Windshield
The windshield (North American English) or windscreen (Commonwealth English except Canada) of an aircraft, car, bus, motorbike, truck, train, boat or streetcar is the front window, which provides visibility while protecting occupants from the elements. Windshield and windshield are automotive safety, car windows, glass applications, glass coating and surface modification, vehicle parts and vehicle safety technologies.
Windshield sun shade
Windshield sun shades (also known as sun-screen shades, sunscreens, sun car shades, sun shields, heat shields, or UV shields) are protective shields attached to a car's windshield or side window to keep the sun from reaching the interior and help reduce the temperature inside it.
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See also
Car windows
- Auto Windscreens
- BS 857
- Breezeway (car)
- Glass run channel
- Greenhouse (car)
- Opera window
- Polyvinyl butyral
- Power window
- Quarter glass
- Quickclear
- Rain-X
- Safelite
- Squeegee man
- Stone damage
- Sun visor
- Sunroof
- Triplex Safety Glass
- Vehicle canopy
- Vehicle glass
- Weatherstripping
- Window deflector
- Window film
- Windscreen wiper
- Windshield
- Windshield phenomenon
Glass coating and surface modification
- Anti-fog
- Bulletproof glass
- Chemical vapor deposition
- Chemically strengthened glass
- DNA microarray
- Dealkalization
- Frosted glass
- Glass disease
- Insulated glazing
- Ion implantation
- Laminated glass
- Low emissivity
- Mercury glass
- Pyrolytic coating
- Satin glass
- Self-cleaning glass
- Smoked glass
- Sol–gel process
- Stone damage
- Water-repellent glass
- Windshield
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windshield
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