body in black
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English
Etymology
Coined in reference to body in white.
- (carbon fibre composite): Blend of black + body in white. From the fact that carbon fibre reinforced composites are typically black in colour, and not whitish (bare wood, bare metal, gray primer coat)
- (body shell): From being the skin of the vehicle, opposite to the body in white, the skeleton of the bodycabin, as black is opposite to white.
Noun
body in black (plural bodies in black)
- (automotive) A body in white composed of carbon fibre composites.
- (by extension) A body in white made from non-metallic materials
- (automotive) A fully-proportioned full-sized skin shell of the body design prototype
- (by extension) The skin shell of a motor vehicle, prior to its assembly onto the body
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body in white on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
