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Definition of Tailpipe
1. Noun. A pipe carrying fumes from the muffler to the rear of a car.
Definition of Tailpipe
1. Noun. (American English) An exhaust pipe (on a vehicle) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tailpipe
1. an exhaust pipe [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tailpipe
Literary usage of Tailpipe
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Energy Policy: Options to Reduce Environmental and Other Costs of Gasoline (1993)
"tailpipe Emissions Tax A tailpipe tax could be designed to achieve greater ...
Furthermore, like a gasoline tax, the tailpipe tax could slow economic growth ..."
2. Reinventing Energy: Making the Right Choices by Sally B. Gentille (1996)
""The test measured tailpipe, evaporative, and running-loss emissions, and quantified
the concentration of 151 different organic compounds The emissions data ..."
3. Meeting the Energy Challenges of the 1990's: Experts Define the Key Policy (1993)
"Evaporative emission controls and running losses have much bigger opportunities
than tailpipe emissions. Figure 2.5: Potential Ambient Hydrocarbon ..."
4. Retiring Old Cars: Programs to Save Gasoline and Reduce Emissions by Office of Technology Assessment, United States, Congress (1992)
"... Table 4—Federal Motor Vehicle tailpipe Emission Standards (grams per mile)
... expected emissions level of new 1990 automobiles: for tailpipe emissions, ..."
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