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Mac·Pher·son strut (mək fir′sən, -fʉr′-)
an assembly functioning as a strut () in a suspension system in a motor vehicle, that combines a shock absorber inside a coil spring
Etymology: after Earle MacPherson who designed it in the 1950s
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