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Chassis   /tʃˈæsi/   Listen
Chassis

noun
(pl. chassis)
1.
Alternative names for the body of a human being.  Synonyms: anatomy, bod, build, figure, flesh, form, frame, human body, material body, physical body, physique, shape, soma.  "He has a strong physique" , "The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak"
2.
A metal mounting for the circuit components of an electronic device.
3.
The skeleton of a motor vehicle consisting of a steel frame supported on springs that holds the body and motor.



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"Chassis" Quotes from Famous Books



... that M. Violet le Duc traces all the forms of Gothic tracery to the geometrical and practically serviceable development of the stone 'chassis,' chasing, or frame, for the glass. For instance, he attributes the use of the cusp or 'redent' in its more complex forms, to the necessity, or convenience, of diminishing the space of glass which the tracery grasps; and he attributes the reductions of the mouldings in the tracery ...
— Val d'Arno • John Ruskin
... to hope for what I dared not expect, we set off, again and again finding ourselves hard put to it to get the long chassis of the Gloria round sharp corners of narrow streets. More than once it could be done only by backing the car, a feat which was witnessed with cries of astonishment by a crowd of water-sellers with painted tin vessels, milkmen on donkey back, ...
— The Car of Destiny • C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson
... chassis of the machine with the travelers were placed a stock of canned goods, a pick and shovel and several hundred feet of fine but tough rope. A supply of water in stone jars and an extra stock of gasoline were also taken along. ...
— The Girl Aviators on Golden Wings • Margaret Burnham


Words linked to "Chassis" :   skeleton, mortal, skeletal frame, juvenile body, human body, man, automotive vehicle, male body, body, physical body, underframe, material body, homo, someone, female body, adult body, soul, physical structure, mounting, person, somebody, frame, motor vehicle, organic structure, human being, individual, form, human


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