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tyre

(US), tire
1. a rubber ring placed over the rim of a wheel of a road vehicle to provide traction and reduce road shocks, esp a hollow inflated ring (pneumatic tyre) consisting of a reinforced outer casing enclosing an inner tube
2. a ring of wear-resisting steel shrunk thermally onto a cast-iron railway wheel
Collins Discovery Encyclopedia, 1st edition © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

tire

[tīr]
(engineering)
A continuous metal ring, or pneumatic rubber and fabric cushion, encircling and fitting the rim of a wheel.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.

Tire

 

a city in western Turkey, in the vilayet of Izmir. Situated in the valley of the Kücük Menderes River. Population, 28,000 (1970). Tire has a railroad station. It is a trade center for cotton, tobacco, and figs. Emery and mercury are mined nearby.

The Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition (1970-1979). © 2010 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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