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Definition: Cruise Control |
Cruise ControlNoun1. Control mechanism for keeping an automobile at a set speed. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Post & Telecom | Procedure for the operation of an aircraft and its power plants, to obtain the maximum efficiency on extended flights. Source: European Union. (references) |
Transportation | A method of operating an aircraft to produce optimum fuel economy with regard to time or distance, or both. Source: European Union. (references) |
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This feature can be handy for long drives across sparsely populated roads, and usually results in higher gas mileage.
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Crosswords: Cruise Control |
| Specialty definitions using "cruise control": ROADABILITY-MACHINE OPERATOR. (references) |
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Lyrics | Take your drive on cruise control (That's The Way; performing artist: Jo Dee Messina) | |
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Business | Italians, as well as all Europeans, simply want cars that are comfortable and drive well with air-conditioning, cruise control and comfortable seats. (references) | |
The automotive industry is entering the new millennium in a relatively positive mood. Functions that once commanded a premium, including air conditioning, cruise control and electric windows, are increasingly fitted as standard, even among brands once derided for poor quality. (references) | ||
In addition to the aforementioned systems, product areas where U.S. suppliers stand a good chance are systems that speed electronic information throughout the vehicle, systems that will bring the Internet, movies, games and more into a vehicle; adaptive cruise control systems (that can electronically adjust speed to maintain a preset distance from another vehicle); systems that generate power and even help propel a vehicle; and finally systems that use sensors and electrical impulses (instead of conventional mechanical components) for functions like steering and braking. (references) | ||
Economic History | Netherlands | In the short term, the market is seeing a dramatic increase in the use of computers, software, data storage on diskettes, in-car navigation, electronic maps (CD-ROM), infrared blind-spot detectors, radar enhanced cruise control, and heads up speed/distance displays, audio equipment alloy wheels, wooden trimmings and seat covers. (references) |
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Expressions using "cruise control": autonomous cruise control ♦ autonomous intelligent cruise control. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "cruise control"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | marchhastighedsregulering, fartpilot. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | kruisvluchtmodus (cruise mode), elektronische kruissnelheidsregelaar, ekonomisch kruisen, automatisch snelheidregelsysteem. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | säätö matkalentoa varten. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | régulateur d'allure, réglage de vitesse de croisière, régime de croisière économique, fonction "croisière". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Tempostat, Reisflugbetriebsart (cruise mode), Reiseflugregelung. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | τρόπος λειτουργίας σε πλεύση (cruise mode), ταχοστάτης. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | controllo di crociera, controllo della velocit di crociera, sistema di regolazione di crociera, modalit crociera (cruise mode). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | uisecray ontrolcay controlo de cruzeiro, controlo da velocidade de cruzeiro, modo cruzeiro (cruise mode). (various references) control de crucero, modo crucero (cruise mode). (various references) konstantfarthållare. (various references) hız kontrol düzeni. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-c-e-i-l-n-o-o-r-r-s-t-u" | |
-2 letters: corrections, terricolous. | |
-3 letters: correction, councilors, elocutions, locutories, occurrents, recontours, resolution, resorcinol. | |
-4 letters: cinctures, cocounsel, coercions, coinsurer, colourers, concertos, concourse, consulter, consultor, cornicles, cortisone, councilor, counselor, countries, courtiers, courtlier, cretinous, crocoites, curricles, elocution, inclosure, incorrect, locutions, neurotics, occlusion, occulters, occurrent, outliners, reclusion, recontour, recursion, sclerotic, sclerotin, tricolors, tricornes, trouncers. | |
-5 letters: cincture, circlers, circlets, citreous, cloister. | |
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