locking differential
noun1
Automotive, Transport, Vehicles A kind of automotive differential that provides increased traction by restricting each of the two wheels on an axle to the same rotational speed without regard to available traction or differences in resistance seen at each wheel.
- Synonyms
- differential lock, diff lock, locking diff
- Hyponyms
- unlocked differential, locked differential, lunchbox locker, Aussie locker
- Coordinate terms
- limited-slip differential, open differential