stopping power
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The brakes have good stopping power and the pedal effort is easily modulated.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026
If the brakes’ levers get “really close to your handlebar” when you pull them back to stop, that’s a sign the brakes have lost stopping power and you need to get them checked, Korver said.
From Washington Post • Feb. 13, 2023
And the stopping power has been improved with the inclusion of hydraulic disc brakes with long-lasting ceramic pads.
From The Verge • Sep. 22, 2021
The hydraulic fluid that makes the system work absorbs water from the air, potentially reducing stopping power.
From New York Times • Apr. 3, 2021
And when we deal with molecules the stopping power is simply proportional to the sum of the square roots of the atomic weights of the atoms entering into the molecule.
From The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays by Joly, John
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