regenerative braking

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

noun

1. 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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of regenerative braking¹

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

I am not going into the remarkable system of “regenerative braking” under which in the course of a year some 60 per cent.

From Project Gutenberg

As the greatest of all these, take the single tremendous question of regenerative braking.

From Project Gutenberg