automobile

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  1. noun A self-propelled passenger vehicle that usually has four wheels and an internal-combustion engine, used for land transport. Also called motorcar.
  2. adjective Of or relating to automobiles; automotive.

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  • The application of machinery in the harvest-field had begun with the embryonic reaper, while both the bicycle and the automobile were heralded in primitive prototypes. —  Edison, His Life and Inventions
  • The coming of the automobile was a great boon to him, because it gave him a form of outdoor sport in which he could indulge in a spirit of observation, without the guilty feeling that he was wasting valuable time. —  Edison, His Life and Inventions
  • Apparently the driver had been attracted by the railroad men's lanterns near the track above The man who got out of the automobile was a bulky figure. —  051 - Mad Eyes
  • But the queer actions of Arthur Jotther in risking his life in a jump from the automobile was a definite clue Once more, Doc was on the Westchester highway. —  041 - The Black Spot
  • Of course, the automobile is the principal cause of death by smog, too. —  Analog May, 1971
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  1. French : Greek auto-, auto- + French mobile, mobile (from Old French; see mobile).

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  1. from Greek αὐτός, self, + Latin mobilis, mobile.
 

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