DICTIONARY OF AUTOMOTIVE TERMS - "Cb"
- CB
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- An API classification for
- Diesel engine oil introduced in 1949. It operated in mild to moderate
duty, but with lower quality fuels, which necessitate more protection from wear and deposits;
occasionally has included gasoline engines in mild service. They provide necessary protection from
bearing corrosion and from high temperature deposits in naturally aspirated diesel engines with higher
sulfur fuels. It replaced CA oils and was replaced by CC
oils in 1961.
- An acronym for Contact Breaker.
- An acronym for Citizens' Band
- Acronym for Cab-Behind Engine
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CBD
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- Acronym for Closed Bowl Distributor
- Acronym for Cash Before Delivery -- a shipping
term where the seller has received payment before shipping. It contrasts with
- cash on delivery (COD)
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CBE
- Acronym for Cab-Behind Engine
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CBOB
- Acronym for conventional gasoline blend stock for oxygenate
blending (Motor
Gasoline Blending Component)
- CB radio
- A two-way radio which is limited to specific frequencies. Initially used by
truck drivers and later by both mobile vehicles and stationary sites; but more
recently it has declined in use with the advent of cell phones.
- CBR process
- Acronym for Controlled Burn Rate process. It is a method of improving fuel
economy by increasing or decreasing the rate which the fuel burns
- CBU
- Acronym for Completely Built-Up.