stopping power

noun

1. physics a measure of the effect a substance has on the kinetic energy of a particle passing through it

Example Sentences

"Just the whole weekend struggling a bit with brake feeling and stopping power, and besides that also very poor grip. We tried a lot on the set-up and basically all of it didn't work, didn't give us a clear direction to work in."

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A declassified 1962 Department of Defense report from the Vietnam War found the AR-15 would be ideal for use by South Vietnamese soldiers, who were smaller in stature and had less training than their American counterparts, for five reasons: its easy maintenance, accuracy, rapid rate of fire, light weight and "excellent killing or stopping power."

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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.

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But I wouldn’t give them great odds against things like “New York City traffic” or the sheer stopping power of modern weaponry.

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Finally, Didion left for Los Angeles, where the essay wraps up so suddenly that the white space arrives with the stopping power you’d meet in an electric fence.

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