Noun

(en noun)

(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.

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, title=Internal Combustion , chapter=1 citation , passage=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 coupled 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

(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.

* {{quote-book, 1850, , 3= A System of Aeronautics, page=152

, passage=Everything being apparently in readiness now, I stepped into the car of the balloon,

(sailing) A sliding fitting that runs along a track.

* {{quote-book, 1995, Ken Textor, The New Book of Sail Trim, page=201 citation

, passage=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.

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Noun

(en noun)

(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.

Noun

(uncountable) Thermal energy.

* 2007 , James Shipman, Jerry Wilson, Aaron Todd, An Introduction to Physical Science: Twelfth Edition , pages 106–108:

Heat' and temperature, although different, are intimately related. [...] For example, suppose you added equal amounts of ' heat to equal masses of iron and aluminum. How do you think their temperatures would change?if the temperature of the iron increased by 100 C°, the corresponding temperature change in the aluminum would be only 48 C°.

* {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author=(Henry Petroski)

, title= Geothermal Energy , volume=101, issue=4, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Energy has seldom been found where we need it when we want it. Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame.}}

(uncountable) The condition or quality of being hot.

(uncountable) An attribute of a spice that causes a burning sensation in the mouth.

(uncountable) A period of intensity, particularly of emotion.

(uncountable) An undesirable amount of attention.

(uncountable, slang) The police.

(uncountable, slang) One or more firearms.

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(countable, baseball) A fastball.

(uncountable) A condition where a mammal is aroused sexually or where it is especially fertile and therefore eager to mate.

(countable) A preliminary race, used to determine the participants in a final race

(countable) One cycle of bringing metal to maximum temperature and working it until it is too cool to work further.

(countable) A hot spell.

(uncountable) Heating system; a system that raises the temperature of a room or building.

(uncountable) The output of a heating system.