Car
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: /kÉ‘Ë/
- US IPA: /kɑɹ/
- Rhymes: -É‘Ë(ɹ)
Origin 1
From Middle English carre, from Anglo-Norman carre (from Old Northern French, compare Old French char), from Latin carra, neuter plural of carrus ("four-wheeled baggage wagon"), from Gaulish *karros, from Proto-Celtic *karros ("wagon"), from Proto-Indo-European *kr̥sos, zero-grade form of Proto-Indo-European *kers- ("to run").
Full definition of car
Noun
car
(plural cars)- (dated) A wheeled vehicle, drawn by a horse or other animal.
- A wheeled vehicle that moves independently, with at least three wheels, powered mechanically, steered by a driver and mostly for personal transportation; a motorcar or automobile.She drove her car to the mall.
- 2006, w, Internal Combustion Chapter 1, If successful, Edison and Ford—in 1914—would move society away from the ever more expensive and then universally known killing hazards of gasoline cars: … .
- (rail transport, chiefly North America) An unpowered unit in a railroad train.The conductor linked the cars to the locomotive.
- (rail transport) an individual vehicle, powered or unpowered, in a multiple unit.The 11:10 to London was operated by a 4-car diesel multiple unit
- (passenger-carrying unit in a subway or elevated train, whether powered or not)(rail transport) A passenger-carrying unit in a subway or elevated train, whether powered or not.From the front-most car of the subway, he filmed the progress through the tunnel.
- A rough unit of quantity approximating the amount which would fill a railroad car.We ordered five hundred cars of gypsum.
- The moving, load-carrying component of an elevator or other cable-drawn transport mechanism.Fix the car of the express elevator - the door is sticking.
- The passenger-carrying portion of certain amusement park rides, such as Ferris wheels.The most exciting part of riding a Ferris wheel is when your car goes over the top.
- The part of an airship, such as a balloon or dirigible, which houses the passengers and control apparatus.
- Everything being apparently in readiness now, I stepped into the car of the balloon, ...
- (sailing) A sliding fitting that runs along a track.
- On boats 25 feet or more, it is best to mount a mast car and track on the front of the mast so you can adjust the height of the pole above the deck
- (uncountable, US) The aggregate of desirable characteristics of a car.Buy now! You can get more car for your money.
- (US) A floating perforated box for living fish.
Image:TOYOTA FCHV 01.jpg|A hydrogen-powered car.Image:Train wagons 0834.jpg|Freight cars.Image:RandenTrain.jpg|A self-propelled passenger car.Image:Ferris wheel - melbourne show 2005.jpg|Ferris wheel cars.Image:Traveller (sailing).jpg|Car on a sailboat.Image:ZeppelinLZ127b.jpg|Car of a Zeppelin.Image:240 Sparks Elevators.jpg|Elevator cars.
Synonyms
- (private vehicle that moves independently) auto, motorcar, vehicle; automobile US, motor British colloquial, carriage obsolete
- (non-powered part of a train) railcar, wagon
- (unit of quantity) carload, wagonload
- (passenger-carrying light rail unit) carriage
- (part of an airship) gondola, basket balloons only
Derived terms
Origin 2
Acronym of contents of the address part of register number. Note that it was based on original hardware and has no meaning today.
Noun
Image:Cons-cells.svg|thumb|Diagram for the list (42 69 613). The car of the first cons is 42, and thecar
(plural cars)- (computing) The first part of a cons in LISP. The first element of a list
- Matt Kaufmann, Panagiotis Manolios, and J Strother Moore, Computer-aided reasoning: an approach, 2000 :The elements of a list are the successive cars along the "cdr chain." That is, the elements are the car, the car of the cdr, the car of the cdr of the cdr, etc.