noun
- Official approvals or confirmations, especially of a vehicle design or racing specification by an automotive authority.
- Legal or formal ratifications or confirmations of agreements, documents, or decisions.
Usage: Primarily used in automotive and motorsports contexts; Plural form of homologation
Usage: Technical/legal usage; Less common in everyday English
Examples
- The new sports car required multiple homologations from international racing bodies before competing.
- The manufacturer obtained homologations for the vehicle's safety features across three continents.
- Homologations of the engine design took over a year to complete.
- The regulatory body issued homologations for the updated emissions standards.
- Without proper homologations, the prototype could not be sold to consumers.
- The team celebrated receiving homologations for their innovative suspension system.