Automotive Terms Dictionary
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Heads Up Display
The digital projection of your instrument data onto the lower portion of
your windshield (driver's side). Driver doesn't have to take his eyes off
the road to read this instrument panel.
Heavy-duty truck
vehicle weighing from 26,001 to 33,001 lbs. Also included off-highway trucks.
Henry
After Joseph Henry, U.S. (1797-1878). The henry is a unit of electrical
inductance.
Hertz
After Heinrich Rudolf Hertz, German (1857-1894). The hertz is a unit of
frequency: 1 hertz = 1 cycle per second. Thus, 1 kilocycle and 1 kilohertz
both equal 1,000 cycles per second.
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