regenerative braking

[ ri-jen-er-uh-tiv brey-king ]

/ rɪˈdʒɛn ər ə tɪv ˈbreɪ kɪŋ /

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noun

a braking system that captures the kinetic energy used to stop a vehicle and converts it into electricity to recharge the vehicle's batteries: If a car is expected to usually be used in stop-go driving, the regenerative braking can be very beneficial.

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Origin of regenerative braking

First recorded in 1930–35

Words nearby regenerative braking

regency, regeneracy, regenerate, regeneration, regenerative, regenerative braking, regenerative cooling, regenerative furnace, regenerative medicine, regenerator, Regensburg

How to use regenerative braking in a sentence

The three most fuel-costly activities are rough braking, rapid acceleration, and speeding above 70 mph.
Testing Automatic Link, the FitBit for Your Car|Jamie Todd Rubin|July 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“What the dossier claims is staggering,” Michele De Luca, director of the Centre for Regenerative Medicine, told Science Insider.
‘Hero’ Doc Accused of Harvesting Stem Cells in Dirty Basements|Barbie Latza Nadeau|April 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The power of his story is not only redemptive, but regenerative too.
Mandela: The Last Good Man|Mark Gevisser|December 5, 2013|DAILY BEAST
That braking time is why we need to get started sooner rather than later.
Megan McArdle on Why We Need to Jump Off the Fiscal Cliff|Megan McArdle|November 30, 2012|DAILY BEAST

Anti-lock braking, which can be less effective on motorcycles than cars, is an option.
Ducati’s Panigale and History’s Most Innovative Motorcycles|Chris Hunter|November 13, 2011|DAILY BEAST
The sail was up and, while braking the load upwind, I slipped and fell, allowing the sledge to collide with a large sastruga.
The Home of the Blizzard|Douglas Mawson
The regenerative furnace is the greatest single invention of Charles William Siemens.
Heroes of the Telegraph|J. Munro
But the furnace was destroyed in the act; and it remained for Siemens, with his regenerative furnace, to realise the object.
Heroes of the Telegraph|J. Munro
At this distance, it will be about six gravities, and we can add to that a molecular drive braking of four gravities.
Islands of Space|John W Campbell
What can equal in purifying, regenerative power the fact that one human being can be so much to another?
More Pages from a Journal|Mark Rutherford