wheelbase

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wheelbase

noun wheelbases

  1. The horizontal distance between the front and rear axles of a road or rail vehicle. Beneath the snow, and after we had left it behind, the road was as greasy as vaseline, as steep as a scenic railway, and often not a yard wider than the lorry’s wheelbase.

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noun distance btw. axles

Españoldistancia entre ejes, batalla
Françaisempattement
DeutschAchsabstand, Achsstand, Radstand
Ελληνικάμεταξόνιο metaxónio
Русскийколёсная ба́за koljósnaja báza

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@misc{wheelbase_2026,
  title = {wheelbase},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/wheelbase},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}