Wheelbase

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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."

  2. 2
    the distance from the center of a car's front wheel to the rear axle wordnet

Etymology

From wheel + base.

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