rotating brake disk
1brake — brake1 brakeless, adj. /brayk/, n., v., braked, braking. n. 1. a device for slowing or stopping a vehicle or other moving mechanism by the absorption or transfer of the energy of momentum, usually by means of friction. 2. brakes, the drums, shoes …
2Brake wheel — Wheel Wheel (hw[=e]l), n. [OE. wheel, hweol, AS. hwe[ o]l, hweogul, hweowol; akin to D. wiel, Icel. hv[=e]l, Gr. ky klos, Skr. cakra; cf. Icel. hj[=o]l, Dan. hiul, Sw. hjul. [root]218. Cf. {Cycle}, {Cyclopedia}.] [1913 Webster] 1. A circular… …
3Drum brake — A drum brake with the drum removed as used on the rear wheel of a car or truck. Note that in this installation, a cable operated parking brake uses the service shoes …
4disc brake — noun hydraulic brake in which friction is applied to both sides of a spinning disk by the brake pads • Syn: ↑disk brake • Hypernyms: ↑hydraulic brake, ↑hydraulic brakes • Part Meronyms: ↑brake disk, ↑brake pad * * * …
5Murphy brake — The Murphy brake is a drum brake with shoes that pinch the drum via a rotating fork. In contrast, most drum brakes use either shoes that press only on the inside of the drum, or shoes that press only on the outside of the drum, like a band brake …
6Bicycle brake — Animation of a single pivot side pull calliper brake for the rear wheel of a steel framed road bike. A bicycle brake is used to slow down or stop a bicycle. There have been various types of brake used throughout history, and several are still in… …
7disc brake — /ˈdɪsk breɪk/ (say disk brayk) noun a brake, commonly used on the road wheels of motor vehicles and the landing wheels of aircraft, in which friction is obtained by the action of pads on a flat disc attached to the rotating part to be slowed down …
8Ceramic matrix composite — Fracture surface of a fiber reinforced ceramic composed of SiC fibers and SiC matrix. The fiber pull out mechanism shown is the key to CMC properties …
9Magneto (generator) — 2kW Société de l Alliance magneto generator for arc lamps, of around 1870 This article is about magnetos as electrical generators. For other electrical uses, see Magneto. A magneto is an electrical generator that uses permanent magnets to produce …
10disc — n. (also disk esp. US and in sense 4) 1 a a flat thin circular object. b a round flat or apparently flat surface (the sun s disc). c a mark of this shape. 2 a layer of cartilage between vertebrae. 3 a gramophone record. 4 a (usu. disk; in full… …
