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noun
A body in white composed of carbon fibre composites.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: automotive, transport, vehicles
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noun
A body in white made from non-metallic materials
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
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noun
A fully-proportioned full-sized skin shell of the body design prototype
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: automotive, transport, vehicles
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noun
The skin shell of a motor vehicle, prior to its assembly onto the body
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
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History
Coined in reference to body in white. * (carbon fibre composite): Blend of black + body in white. From the fact that carbon fibre reinforced composites are typically black in colour, and not whitish (bare wood, bare metal, gray primer coat) * (body shell): From being the skin of the vehicle, opposite to the body in white, the skeleton of the bodycabin, as black is opposite to white.
