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g:
the unit of measure for lateral acceleration, or "road-holding." One g is equivalent to 32.2 feet per second, the rate at which any object accelerates when dropped at sea level. If a car were cornering at 1.0 g: a figure that very few production cars are able to approach: the driver's body would be pushing equally hard against the side of the seat as against the bottom of it.

gearset: a group of two or more gears used to transmit power.

greenhouse: the portion of a car's body that rises above the beltline of the car.

ground effect: the phenomenon that occurs when the airflow between a moving object and the ground creates downforce.

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