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Automotive dictionary (encyklopedia)

Dictionary of terms and abbreviations for cars (automobiles), motorcycles (bikes),
bicycles, boats, engines, machines, machining and car fixing.

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Air brake

[1] A system of braking which is usually found on large truck in which compressed air pushes against a brake piston or diaphragm in order to apply the brakes to stop or slow the vehicle.
[2] An extendable device, most commonly a hinged flap on wing or fuselage, controlled by the pilot, to increase the drag of an aircraft. Originally a means of slowing bombers to enable them to dive more steeply, it is an essential flight control on clean jet aircraft and sailplanes
[3] A mechanical brake operated by air-pressure acting on a piston
[4] An absorption dynamometer in which the power is dissipated through the rotation of a fan or propeller.
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