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• Hub gear
  ...ernal '''planetary''' or '''[[epicyclic gearing]]''', which means that the outer case of the hub gear unit (which is attached to the spokes) is made to turn ...h is fixed. As the planet gears rotate about the sun gear, they propel the outer ring gear or "annulus" (red), which provides the output rotation]]
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• Crumple zone
  ...t injury. In simplistic terms, this is achieved by controlled weakening of outer parts of the car while strengthening the inner (passenger cabin) part of th ...ted in front and behind of the main body of the car, compacting within the space of the engine compartment or boot. The marked improvement over the past two
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• Roller bearing
  ...aft in a much larger hole, and cylinders called "rollers" tightly fill the space between the shaft and hole. As the shaft turns, each roller acts as the lo ...olling-element bearing is the [[ball bearing]]. The bearing has inner and outer races and a set of balls. Each race is a ring with a groove where the ball
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• Moonraker
  ...he subsequent science fiction craze and make a film where Bond would go to space. ''Moonraker'' was chosen as the basis for the film, although Fleming's nov In the film [[Hugo Drax]]'s lair is relocated to [[outer space]], although the plot remains equally fiendish. The film is one of the most
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• Run flat tires
  ...samples based on 225/45-17 tires). The additional mass concentrated on the outer edge of the wheels can impose a significant performance penalty due to grea ...fe cycle. Later designs such as the BMW 3 Series (E90 Series) do not have space to carry a spare tire since the vehicle design was conceived from the outse
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• Moonraker (film)
  ...he subsequent science fiction craze and make a film where Bond would go to space. [[Moonraker]] was chosen as the basis for the film, although Fleming's nov ...ons]]'', the second ''[[Austin Powers]]'' film, and on ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'', among many other places).
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• Air filter
  ...well as [[aircraft]] and other man-made environments (e.g., satellites and space shuttles) use foam, pleated paper, or spun [[fiberglass]] filter elements. ...the combustion air filter. Others are uniquely shaped to fit the available space of particular vehicles' outside-air intakes. Being a relatively recent addi
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• You Only Live Twice
  In outer space, a mysterious spacecraft captures and steals manned space capsules, of both the United States and the Soviet Union, in mid-orbit. Thi ...and destroys the SPECTRE spacecraft before it could capture a second U.S. space capsule and spark a war with the U.S.S.R. Bond, Kissy, Tanaka, and the surv
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• Steering
  ...n, the inner wheel is actually traveling a path of smaller radius than the outer wheel, so that the degree of [[toe (automotive)|toe]] suitable for driving ...of steering shaft, column and gear reduction mechanism allows much better space utilization in the engine compartment.
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• Circuit de Monaco
  ...change the shape of one section of the circuit, which in turn - left more space for new pit garages. These pit garages were debuted in the 2004 event. ...profile now has a double curve as it extends away from the nose, with the outer extremities bending noticeably upwards. As a result the central spoon secti
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• Tire
  ...invention consisted of a [[canvas]] inner tube surrounded by a [[leather]] outer tire. The tire gave a good ride, but there were so many manufacturing and ...] depth at any time during the lifetime of the car. When the tread on the outer perimeter of the tire inevitably wears away from use, reducing the tread de
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• List of James Bond gadgets
  ...eye and in Die Another Day which are satellite weapons deployed from outer space. ...6 monastery. They were tested at Q-Branch, and used by United States Outer Space Marine Infantry and Drax Industries armaments.
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• Spark plug
  ...o snap below the hexagonal nut, leaving just the threaded portion (and the outer electrode) in the cylinder head. Ford has on occasion issued Technical Serv ...with smaller hex and porcelain portions outside the head, to be used where space is limited. The rightmost plug has a longer threaded portion, to be used in
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• Electronic stability control
  ...to go. Braking is automatically applied to individual wheels, such as the outer front wheel to counter [[oversteer]], or the inner rear wheel to counter [[ ...ottle by the amounts calculated through the [[state space (controls)|state space]] (set of equations used to model the dynamics of the vehicle). The ESC con
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• List of James Bond vehicles
  | Space Capsule || USSR, [[NASA]] || | [[Space Shuttle]] || Hugo Drax ||
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• Goldfinger
  ...ane hole causing explosive decompression and passengers "sucked into outer space." Bond manages to activate a [[homing device]] in the heel of his shoe. Fel ....45 bullet fired at 35,000 feet will cause people to be sucked into "outer space"), and it had settled into the national consciousness firmly enough to be m
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• Vienna
  ...you already have a U-Bahn day pass, you only need to add a “Aussenzonen” (outer zone) ticket for 2 Euro (1.50 Euro if bought in advance). Do punch the tick ...ng this ticket with a €1.50 (1.50 advance or €2 on the train) Aussenzonen (outer zone) ticket.
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• 2010 Formula One season
  ...have been banned, and tyre blankets are only allowed to act on the tyre's outer surface. |rowspan="2" align="left" style="white-space:nowrap;"|<font color=black> {{flagiconIND}} [[Force India|Force India F1 Te
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