English

Noun

limited-slip differential ‎(plural limited-slip differentials)

1. (mechanics) A type of differential gear used in automobile construction, allowing for output shafts to have different angular velocity. [from 20th c.]
   • 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber 2003, p. 161:

     I gripped the iron bed with hands om which I had written the price of a limited slip differential.