SimpleTire's Glossary of Tire Terms

Here you go - a tire dictionary with everything you ever wanted to know about tire definitions, all in SimpleTire's tire glossary of tire terms. Some of it is a bit technical, and a lot of it you don't really need to know unless you're just a tire nerd like we are.

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B

• Balance
• Bead
• Bias Tires
• Bias-Belted Tires

C

• Camber Thrust
• Centrifugal Thrust
• Circle of Forces
• Contact Patch
• Cornering Force

D

• DOT Code

F

• Force Variation

I

• Inflation Pressure
• Inner Tube

L

• Load Rating
• Load Sensitivity
• Lug Tread

M

• Measuring Tire Pressure

P

• Ply
• Pneumatic Trail

R

• Radial
• Rain Groove
• Relaxation Length
• Retread
• Rims
• Rolling Resistance
• Rotation

S

• Self-Aligning Torque
• Semi-Pneumatic Tires
• Serial Number
• Service Description
• Shoulder
• Sidewall
• Sipe
• Slip Angle
• Snow Chains
• Solid Tires
• Speed Rating
• Stopping Distance

T

• Tire Code
• Tire Ratings
• Traction
• Tread
• Tread Void

V

• Valve Stem

W

• Wear Bar
• Wheel Alignment
• Whitewall Tires
• Workload