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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
wheelbase
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
long
▪ Undoubtedly a major factor here is the 5ins longer wheelbase and wider front and rear tracks.
▪ On the downside, the long wheelbase means the bike will be slow-steering.
▪ The Metro set the class standard in this area; the Clio narrowly surpasses it, thanks to its longer wheelbase.
▪ They were long wheelbase four wheeled cars in a dark green and ivory livery.
▪ In particular, it boasts a longer wheelbase and new twist-beam suspension which produces a smoother ride and better handling.
▪ It's a bigger car, with a longer wheelbase: what went wrong?
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▪ In particular, it boasts a longer wheelbase and new twist-beam suspension which produces a smoother ride and better handling.
▪ It rides on a wheelbase 8. 5 inches longer than last year.
▪ On the downside, the long wheelbase means the bike will be slow-steering.
▪ The Metro set the class standard in this area; the Clio narrowly surpasses it, thanks to its longer wheelbase.
▪ The traditional 100-inch wheelbase has been extended to 108 inches, the extra length being donated to the rear seat passengers.
▪ They were long wheelbase four wheeled cars in a dark green and ivory livery.
▪ Undoubtedly a major factor here is the 5ins longer wheelbase and wider front and rear tracks.
▪ Your vehicle is a 1955 Series I 86n wheelbase right hand drive home market model.
Wiktionary
wheelbase

n. the horizontal distance between the front and rear axles of a road or rail vehicle.

WordNet
wheelbase

n. the distance from the center of a car's front wheel to the rear axle

Wikipedia
Wheelbase

In both road and rail vehicles, the wheelbase is the distance between the centers of the front and rear wheels. For road vehicles with more than two axles (e.g. some trucks), the wheelbase is defined as the distance between the steering (front) axle and the centerpoint of the driving axle group. In the case of a tri-axle truck, the wheelbase would be the distance between the steering axle and a point midway between the two rear axles.

Wheelbase (TV series)

Wheelbase is a BBC television series circling about cars, that was broadcast on BBC2 between 1964 and 1975.

Usage examples of "wheelbase".

A longer wheelbase than earlier models, and electronically controlled air suspension that made even a hundred-mile-per-hour drive through this ugly desert smooth and comfortable.

This particular car was a model 1607 formal, all-weather town car with a wheelbase slightly over 139 inches and a magnifi-cently quiet V-12 engine with 473 cubic inches that Pitt had tweaked to put out 200 horsepower.

The coupe's short wheelbase and tight suspension made the uncontrolled spin less physically punishing than it might have been in another vehicle, but the Chevy beside them separating in sparks both from friction and the sheared powerline feeding the traffic signal was a sight with heart-freezing elements of prophecy.

He then identified the matching left and right tires and measured wheelbases and lengths of the cars they’d come from.

He then identified the matching left and right tires and measured wheelbases and lengths of the cars they'd come from.