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windshield wiper

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Noun1.windshield wiper - a mechanical device that cleans the windshieldwindshield wiper - a mechanical device that cleans the windshield
mechanical device - mechanism consisting of a device that works on mechanical principles
automotive vehicle, motor vehicle - a self-propelled wheeled vehicle that does not run on rails
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windshield wiper ماسحة زجاج السيارة stěrač předního skla vinduesvisker Scheibenwischer υαλοκαθαριστήρας limpiaparabrisas tuulilasinpyyhkijä essuie-glace brisač tergicristallo フロントガラスのワイパー 창유리 닦개 ruitensproeier vindusvisker wycieraczka przedniej szyby limpadores do pára-brisa, limpadores do pára-brisas стеклоочиститель vindrutetorkare ที่ปัดกระจก cam sileceği cần gạt nước 风挡刮水器


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Windshield wipers: You always want your windshield to be clean, but it's easy to forget about your windshield wipers until you're stuck in a downpour
I remember reading about a composer named Steve Reich who came up with a new idea called phasing, which is like windshield wipers going in and out of synch.
Robert Kearns (Greg Kinnear), a college professor and basement inventor, came up with a design for the intermittent windshield wiper back in the 1960s, when the major automakers in Detroit were struggling unsuccessfully to create one.
 
 
 
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