tire-tread pattern

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• tread pattern — Tread patterns differ according to the manufacturer of the tire but they all have in common the aim of dispersing water from the road, to enhance grip, to avoid aquaplaning, to disperse heat, and to reduce noise and wear …   Dictionary of automotive terms

• Tire uniformity — refers to the dynamic mechanical properties of pneumatic tires as strictly defined by a set of measurement standards and test conditions accepted by global tire and car makers. These measurement standards include the parameters of radial force… …   Wikipedia

• Tire — This article is about tires used on road vehicles, including pneumatic tires and solid tires. For railroad tires, see railway tires. For other uses, see tire (disambiguation) or tyre.Tires, or tyres (in American and British English, respectively) …   Wikipedia

• Tread — The tread of a tire or caterpillar track refers to the rubber on its circumference that makes contact with the road. As tires are used, the tread is worn down limiting their effectiveness in providing traction. A worn tire tread can be replaced… …   Wikipedia

• Tire manufacturing — Pneumatic tires are manufactured according to relatively standardized processes and machinery, in around 450 tire factories in the world. Over 1 billion tires are manufactured annually, making the tire industry the majority consumer of natural… …   Wikipedia

• tread — I n. step 1) a firm; heavy; light tread mark 2) tire treads pattern of ridges 3) a worn tread 4) a tire tread II v. 1) (usu. fig.) (d; intr.) to tread on, upon (to tread on smb. s toes) 2) (P; intr.) to tread softly * * * [tred …   Combinatory dictionary

• tread — [1] The distance between the two front or two rear wheels. [2] Portion of the tire which contacts the roadway. [3] The pattern of the outside circumference surface of a tire. See asymmetrical tread cracking tread directional tire directional… …   Dictionary of automotive terms

• tread — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 sound you make when you are walking ADJECTIVE ▪ heavy ▪ I heard his heavy tread moving about upstairs. ▪ light, soft ▪ measured, slow …   Collocations dictionary

• tread squirm — The flexibility in the tire tread between the surface of the tread and the tire carcass. Snow tires, with their small, deep, unsupported tread blocks, have a large amount of tread squirm. Slick racing tires, which have no tread pattern, have very …   Dictionary of automotive terms

• tread contour — the cross sectional shape of tread surface of an inflated unloaded tire neglecting the tread pattern depressions …   Mechanics glossary

• tread — [tred] vt. TROD or (in tread water: see phr. below) treaded, trodden or trod or (in tread water) treaded, treading, trod [ME treden < OE tredan, akin to Ger treten < IE * dreu < base * drā, to run, step > TRAP1] 1. to walk on, in,… …   English World dictionary