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radial-ply

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radial-ply
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(Engineering / Automotive Engineering) (of a motor tyre) having the fabric cords in the outer casing running radially to enable the sidewalls to be flexible Compare cross-ply
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Adj.1.radial-ply - of or relating to automobile tires that have a strip under the tread and relatively little stiffening in the sidewalls; "radial-ply tires"


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A cross-ply green tire is cylindrical in shape and a radial-ply tire has a pre-cambered form.
14) There are two basic types of pneumatic tires in use, radial-ply and bias-ply.
During the 1970s, the industry was revolutionized when bias-ply tires were replaced by radial-ply tires.
 
 
 
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