Chassis
noun
The frame of a car or other vehicle.
The mechanic is fixing the car's chassis.
Often appears as...
- reinforced chassis
- car chassis
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Technical
noun
The structure that supports and holds together a static object or system.
The bridge's chassis was built and tested to withstand earthquakes.
Often appears as...
- build a chassis
- chassis design
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Technical
noun
The housing that contains the main parts of a computer or other electronic system.
The server chassis requires regular cleaning to prevent overheating.
Often appears as...
- server chassis
- computer chassis
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Technical
noun
The frame of a car or other vehicle.
The mechanic is fixing the car's chassis.
Often appears as...
- reinforced chassis
- car chassis
Usage tips
Technical
noun
The structure that supports and holds together a static object or system.
The bridge's chassis was built and tested to withstand earthquakes.
Often appears as...
- build a chassis
- chassis design
Usage tips
Technical
noun
The housing that contains the main parts of a computer or other electronic system.
The server chassis requires regular cleaning to prevent overheating.
Often appears as...
- server chassis
- computer chassis
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Vehicle Foundation
The chassis is a vehicle's foundational structure, like a skeleton.
A sturdy chassis is important for the vehicle's durability.
Pro Tip 2/3Beyond Cars
While often associated with cars, the term also applies to other vehicles like trucks and buses.
The bus chassis was designed for heavy loads.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Use
Chassis can metaphorically refer to a person's body structure.
The athlete had a well-built chassis.
Pro Tip 1/3Vehicle Foundation
The chassis is a vehicle's foundational structure, like a skeleton.
A sturdy chassis is important for the vehicle's durability.
Pro Tip 2/3Beyond Cars
While often associated with cars, the term also applies to other vehicles like trucks and buses.
The bus chassis was designed for heavy loads.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Use
Chassis can metaphorically refer to a person's body structure.
The athlete had a well-built chassis.
Pro Tip 1/3Vehicle Foundation
The chassis is a vehicle's foundational structure, like a skeleton.
A sturdy chassis is important for the vehicle's durability.
Pro Tip 2/3Beyond Cars
While often associated with cars, the term also applies to other vehicles like trucks and buses.
The bus chassis was designed for heavy loads.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Use
Chassis can metaphorically refer to a person's body structure.
The athlete had a well-built chassis.
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Anna Mracek Dietrich: A...
to a custom-designed gearbox that powers either the propeller when you're flying or the wheels on the ground, to the automated wing-folding mechanism that we'll see in a moment, to crash safety features. We have a carbon fiber safety cage that protects the occupants for less than 10 percent of the weight of a traditional steel chassis in a car.
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Robot Genius PIPE Mad...
this because I was made from our cooler cooler bot takes pictures of wildlife I'm not quite sure where the idea for this one came from i think i just wanted to use a cooler oh i think this way this one came about as i saw an ad for coolers or something like that so you know that would make a great chassis for
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Steven Pinker: What our...
Let me start off with a technical problem in language that I've worried about for quite some time -- and indulge me in my passion for verbs and how they're used. The problem is, which verbs go in which constructions? The verb is the chassis of the sentence.
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Watch Out, Batmobile PIPE...
vehicle you take a truck chassis and you throw away pretty much everything except the the wheels the suspension the seats and even the cab and then you build from the ground up so that what you're doing is you're making an extremely protective
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How can education foster...
we could improve the quality of education for these students we would make a tremendous difference on the continent and in the world and so two years ago we began an experiment at a chassis to explore what such a
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The incredible...
in the best way. And what we're doing with them is taking a traditional race-car chassis and giving it a nervous system. So we instrumented it with dozens of sensors, put a world-class driver behind the wheel,
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How do we heal medicine?...
they said what if you built a car from the very best car parts well it would lead you to put in porsche brakes a ferrari engine a volvo body a bmw chassis and you put it all together and what do you get
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Kent Larson: Brilliant...
much like our car. Let's bring advanced technology into the apartment, technology-enabled infill, give people the tools within this open-loft chassis to go through a process of defining
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Ultimate Corvette PIPE...
a bare aluminum space frame to a fully loaded chassis the zo6 is now a world-class sports car ready for the open road
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The Biggest Mack Engine...
now the Titan chassis is ready for its most important addition yet the heart of
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Anna Mracek Dietrich: A...
to a custom-designed gearbox that powers either the propeller when you're flying or the wheels on the ground, to the automated wing-folding mechanism that we'll see in a moment, to crash safety features. We have a carbon fiber safety cage that protects the occupants for less than 10 percent of the weight of a traditional steel chassis in a car.
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Robot Genius PIPE Mad...
this because I was made from our cooler cooler bot takes pictures of wildlife I'm not quite sure where the idea for this one came from i think i just wanted to use a cooler oh i think this way this one came about as i saw an ad for coolers or something like that so you know that would make a great chassis for
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Steven Pinker: What our...
Let me start off with a technical problem in language that I've worried about for quite some time -- and indulge me in my passion for verbs and how they're used. The problem is, which verbs go in which constructions? The verb is the chassis of the sentence.
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Watch Out, Batmobile PIPE...
vehicle you take a truck chassis and you throw away pretty much everything except the the wheels the suspension the seats and even the cab and then you build from the ground up so that what you're doing is you're making an extremely protective
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How can education foster...
we could improve the quality of education for these students we would make a tremendous difference on the continent and in the world and so two years ago we began an experiment at a chassis to explore what such a
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The incredible...
in the best way. And what we're doing with them is taking a traditional race-car chassis and giving it a nervous system. So we instrumented it with dozens of sensors, put a world-class driver behind the wheel,
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How do we heal medicine?...
they said what if you built a car from the very best car parts well it would lead you to put in porsche brakes a ferrari engine a volvo body a bmw chassis and you put it all together and what do you get
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Kent Larson: Brilliant...
much like our car. Let's bring advanced technology into the apartment, technology-enabled infill, give people the tools within this open-loft chassis to go through a process of defining
Video examples
Ultimate Corvette PIPE...
a bare aluminum space frame to a fully loaded chassis the zo6 is now a world-class sports car ready for the open road
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The Biggest Mack Engine...
now the Titan chassis is ready for its most important addition yet the heart of
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Toto Wolff
Austrian Driver
We are pushing the limits on the chassis and the engine sides a lot in order to have a competitive car, and this is why we are winning races, but also, if you push the limits at a certain stage, you find them.
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John Gregory Dunne
American Novelist
There are no new facts about the Kennedys, only new attitudes, a literature that, like the automobile industry, puts new bodies on old chassis.
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Bikram Choudhury
Indian
I fix the human chassis, I tune up human engines, I recharge human batteries, and I adjust human transmissions.
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Toto Wolff
Austrian Driver
We are pushing the limits on the chassis and the engine sides a lot in order to have a competitive car, and this is why we are winning races, but also, if you push the limits at a certain stage, you find them.
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John Gregory Dunne
American Novelist
There are no new facts about the Kennedys, only new attitudes, a literature that, like the automobile industry, puts new bodies on old chassis.
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Bikram Choudhury
Indian
I fix the human chassis, I tune up human engines, I recharge human batteries, and I adjust human transmissions.
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