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adaptive cruise control

adaptive cruise control noun: an automatic system that uses sensors to adjusts a road vehicle's speed to maintain a safe distance from vehicles ahead.

Noun

adaptive cruise control (uncountable)

  1. An automatic system that uses sensors to adjusts a road vehicle's speed to maintain a safe distance from vehicles ahead.

Questions about adaptive cruise control

What does adaptive cruise control mean?
Adaptive cruise control means an automatic system that uses sensors to adjusts a road vehicle's speed to maintain a safe distance from vehicles ahead.
What part of speech is adaptive cruise control?
Adaptive cruise control is a noun.

Words near adaptive cruise control in the dictionary

  1. adaptions
  2. adaptitude
  3. adaptitudes
  4. adaptive
  5. adaptive control
  6. adaptive cruise control
  7. adaptive enzyme
  8. adaptive enzymes
  9. adaptive immune system
  10. adaptive immune systems
  11. adaptive immunity

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