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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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Brake

[1] To slow down a vehicle.
[2] The mechanism that converts motion (kinetic energy) into heat energy through friction. The most common instance is found in the wheels of cars where the brake shoes or disc pads are designed to press against the brake drum or brake disc.
See also action brakes, air brake, anti-lock brakes, anti-lock brake system, armature brake, assisted brakes, band brake, bleeding the brakes, block brake, bonded brake lining, cable brake, caliper disc brake, cantilever brakes, clutch brake, coaster brake, disc brake, disc brake gauge, disc brake rotor, disc brakes, double leading brake shoe, drum brake, dual brakes, duo-servo brake, E-brake, emergency brake, engine brake, fixed-caliper disc brake, fixed-cam brake, flexible brake pipe, floating caliper disc brake, flushing the brakes, foot brake, forward brake shoe, four wheel disc brakes, high-mounted brake light, hinged-caliper disc brake, hub brake, hydraulically-activated brakes, hydraulically-assisted brakes, hydraulic assisted brakes, hydraulic brake booster, hydraulic brakes, inboard brake, jake brake, jam on the brakes, jam the brakes, juice brake, leading brake shoe, low brake pedal, master brake cylinder, maximum brake power, mechanical brakes, non-servo brake, park brake, park brake extension, parking brake console, parking brake lever strut, parking brake lever, parking brake pedal, parking brake, pin slider caliper disc brake, power assisted brakes, power brake, press brake, primary brake shoe, primary forward brake shoe, prony brake, pumping the gas brakes, pump the brakes, reverse brake shoe, rim brake, riveted brake lining, rollercam brake, self-energizing brake shoe, service brake, servo action brake, servo brake, shooting brake, single-anchor self-energizing brake, sliding-caliper disc brake, sprag brake, spring brake, U-brake, uni-servo brake, vacuum assisted brake, ventilated brakes
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