disc brake

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noun Automotive.

a brake system in which a disc attached to a wheel is slowed by the friction of brake pads being pressed against the disc by a caliper.

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Origin of disc brake

First recorded in 1900–05

Words nearby disc brake

discalced, discant, discard, discarnate, discase, disc brake, disc camera, discectomy, discern, discerner, discernible

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How to use disc brake in a sentence

After having a snack and taking some photos at the visitor center on top, the quartet blasted back down the mountain in a mere ten minutes, stopping once to let their disc brakes cool.
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For disc brakes, remember to bed in the new pads to the rotor.
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Johnson Welded Products Ohio-based manufacturer of reservoirs for air brake systems.
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Counterfeit airbags and brake pads have become more of a problem, as have electrical devices that catch on fire.
Museum of Fakes for a City of Fakes|William O’Connor|June 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Even the most sketch-ball, scheming car mechanic knows how much those brake pads cost.
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Now a small band of Dylan sleuths led by an Albuquerque disc jockey may finally have found the key…but, to what?
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They tobogganed down hills without a brake at the imminent peril of their lives.
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A very slight movement of the armature disc J, therefore, suffices to open to the full extent two long exhaust passages.
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The movement of this disc is reduced to something less than the 1/100 part of an inch.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building|George Laing Miller
If he is injured while running a car from a defective brake of which he had knowledge, he cannot recover.
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The moon had risen over the lake and the water now only showed broken reflections of its disc.
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British Dictionary definitions for disc brake

disc brake

noun

a type of brake in which two calliper-operated pads rub against a flat disc attached to the wheel hub when the brake is applied

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Scientific definitions for disc brake

disc brake

A brake in which friction is caused by a set of pads, usually made of steel, that press against a rotating disk to slow or stop its rotation.