unibody
unibody Lexical Profile
unibody Game Scores & Validity
• adjective
Having a vehicle body and frame integrated into a single structural unit rather than a separate body mounted on a frame.
"Most modern passenger sedans feature a unibody construction that improves fuel efficiency and crash protection."
Manufactured or milled from a single solid block of material, especially of a laptop or smartphone enclosure.
"The laptop's sleek unibody chassis was precision-machined from a solid block of recycled aluminum."
• noun
A vehicle chassis and body engineered and built as a single, integrated load-bearing structure.
"Repairing structural damage to a unibody after a collision requires specialized frame-straightening equipment."
An external casing or enclosure for an electronic device fabricated from a single solid piece of metal or plastic.
"Carving the unibody from a single sheet of aluminum eliminates weak joints and makes the tablet much more rigid."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Coined in the mid-20th century in the automotive industry by combining the prefix 'uni-' (from Latin unus, meaning 'one') with 'body', later popularized in consumer electronics in the 2000s for single-piece machined aluminum enclosures.