Lexus GS 450h 2008 Owner's Manual page 567

Tire related term
Chunking
Cord
Cord separation
Cracking
CT
Extra load tire
Groove
Innerliner
Innerliner separation
Intended outboard side-
wall
The breaking away of pieces of the tread or sidewall
The strands forming the plies in the tire
The parting of cords from adjacent rubber com-
pounds
Any parting within the tread, sidewall, or innerliner of
the tire extending to cord material
A pneumatic tire with an inverted flange tire and rim
system in which the rim is designed with rim flanges
pointed radially inward and the tire is designed to fit
on the underside of the rim in a manner that encloses
the rim flanges inside the air cavity of the tire
A tire designed to operate at higher loads and at
higher inflation pressures than the corresponding
standard tire
The space between two adjacent tread ribs
The layer(s) forming the inside surface of a tubeless
tire that contains the inflating medium within the tire
The parting of the innerliner from cord material in the
carcass
(a) The sidewall that contains a whitewall, bears
white lettering, or bears manufacturer, brand,
and/or model name molding that is higher or
deeper than the same molding on the other side-
wall of the tire, or
(b) The outward facing sidewall of asymmetrical tire
that has a particular side that must always face
outward when mounted on a vehicle
6-1. Specifications
Meaning
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