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slave cylinder

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noun

  1. a small cylinder containing a piston that operates the brake shoes or pads in hydraulic brakes or the working part in any other hydraulically operated system Compare master cylinder

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Work is force times distance moved, and the slave cylinder moves through a smaller distance than the master cylinder.

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

Explain how this will affect the force produced at the slave cylinder.

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

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