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unitized body [′yü·nə‚tīzd ′bäd·ē]

(engineering)

An automotive body that has the body and frame in one unit; side members are designed on the principle of a bridge truss to gain stiffness, and sheet metal of the body is stressed so that it carries some of the load.

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