Description / Abstract:
1. Scope--Historically SAE has been concerned with nomenclature as an
integral part of the standards development process. Guidelines for
automotive nomenclature were written in 1916, were last revised in
1941, and were included in the SAE Handbook until 1962. The present
diversity of groups working on nomenclature in the various ground
vehicle committees led to the organization of the Nomenclature Advisory
Committee under SAE Automotive Council.
1.1 Objective--The objective of the Committee is to promote
understandable and precise communication relating to the engineering
aspects of on-highway vehicles, their components, their design, and
their evaluation. In order to reach this objective, the Committee is
primarily concerned with the definition or redefinition of needed terms
considering (a) current usage, (b) changing needs, and (c) the
interactive use of a particular term by various SAE Committees,
government agencies, and other national and international
organizations. In order to facilitate and encourage the use of
generally accepted terminology by SAE committees and other
organizations, the Nomenclature Advisory Committee plans to prepare and
maintain a glossary of terms appearing in SAE technical reports.