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MacPherson strut definition

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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