noun
definition
A fern; bracken.
Examples of brake in a Sentence
It is sometimes necessary to use water to keep the brake wheel cool.
Out of the corner of his eye, he saw the brake lights of the woman's car as she drove down the driveway.
Some drivers report typical brake performance.
The old man smiled as he stomped on the brake.
Poncelet (1788-1867) invented a form of Prony brake which automatically adjusted its grip as µ changed, thereby maintaining F constant.
When you're ready to stop the car, push in the brake and the clutch.
Hand brake's been busted for ages.
This repair was needed to avoid a brake failure without warning.
Mind keeping your foot on the brake pedal while I rummage?
The bicycle built up speed and Dean was aware that only one square inch of brake pad separated him from oblivion.
The useful residue, known as the "actual," "effective" or "brake" horse-power, can be directly measured by a dynamometer; it amounts to about 80% of the indicated horse-power for good condensing engines and about 85% for non-condensing engines, or perhaps a little more when the engines are of the largest sizes.
In order to obtain a self-sustaining pulley tackle, which will have an efficiency of more than 50%, various arrangements are adopted, which during lifting automatically throw out of action a brake and cause it to come into action again when the effort is removed.
The worm is of great pitch, so that if the effort were removed the weight would descend, did not the axial end thrust of the worm shaft throw into action a friction brake H, the resistance of which prevents motion downwards.
In the brake shown, the cone I is pressed against a corresponding recess in the ratchetwheel J, which latter turns loosely in the casing and is provided with a pawl not shown in the figure; this pawl allows freedom of motion when the load is being raised.
In addition, the hydraulic brake on the fork has been modified.
Speed control is by a Lenze 9326 vector inverter plus a 9351 brake module to give fast emergency stop.
To slow down, you just need to press down on the brake with your right foot.
Press down on the brake while keeping the clutch out.
Not in the strong wind that brake the rocks in pieces, not in the earthquake, not in the fire, but in the still small voice that followed the Lord made himself known.
The Power Of The Brake May Be Estimated By Comparison With The Size Of The Rope Pulley Seen Behind It On The Same Shaft.
By means of the Bromberger canal the Netze is joined with the Brake and then through this river with the Vistula.
First up was the brake pipe routing for the front bulkhead.
Further more, braking performance was also much improved, by the fitment ventilated front disks and 4-piston brake calipers.
Brembo four-piston fixed calipers operate the front brake while twin-piston floating calipers activate the rear.
The brake lines, fuel lines and wiring looms were installed while the vehicle was upside down.
But my personal favorite is the parking brake which is like the engine throttle control on the flight deck of a jet airliner.
Kevin Jones continues the brake van repairs at Darley Dale also.
A further consequence was excessive wear and tear on the brake drums and linings, leading to increased costs for the operators.
Mrs i back from Poland but unable to help as had to take car in for rear wheel brake binding and/or wheel bearing.
A program of wheelset changes to replace worn out brake disks was due to be completed by April 2003.
With the parking brake still on, the clutch pressed all the way down to the floor, and your right foot on the brake, turn the key of the car until it starts.
Once the car is running, release the parking brake and put the car in first gear.
It can be difficult to remove the brake dust that accumulates on the wheels, but this step will really improve the appearance of your vehicle.
A burning smell can indicate a lot of things, but some common culprits are a worn clutch or overheating brake pads.
A screeching sound that happens when you depress the brake pedal usually means you have a worn brake pad.
Take it in to a repair shop immediately, and let them know that you suspect you might need a brake job.
If you attempt to brake and you notice that there's a low grumbling or grinding noise coming from your wheels, you should try to take your car to the nearest auto mechanic as soon as possible.
The manufacturer recalled some models of the Jeep Liberty and Jeep Wrangler to prevent the loss of brake fluid.
The sand-pump descends by gravitation, and its fall is checked by pressing hack the lever, so as to throw the reel against a post which serves as a brake.
Amymone having thrown her spear at a stag, missed it, but hit a satyr asleep in the brake.
The defects of this method are that the tops are liable to split in the brake and the butts to remain foul.
And having said this he made a cross upon the bread, and brake it and began to distribute it.
The degree of hardening which the steel undergoes increases with its carbon-content, chiefly because, during sudden cooling, the presence of carbon acts like a brake to impede the transformations, and thus to increase the quantity of 0-iron caught in transit, but probably also in part because the hardness of this 0-iron increases with its carbon-content.
In Spite Of The Large Range Of Temperature, The Correction For External Loss Of Heat Amounted To Only 5%, With The Brake Uncovered, And Was Reduced To Less Than 2% By Lagging.
This Variation May Have Been Due To The State Of The Lagging, Which Moorby Distrusted In Spite Of The Great Reduction Of The Heat Loss, Or It May Have Been Partly Due To The Difficulty Of Regulating The Speed Of The Engine And The Watersupply To The Brake In Such A Manner As To Maintain A Constant Temperature In The Outflow, And Avoid Variations In The Heat Capacity Of The Brake.
The equations 65 and 66 are applicable to a kind of brake called a friction-strap, used to stop or moderate the velocity of machines by being tightened round a pulley.
As an example we may take the case where a brake is provided offering a resistance, c R, proportional to the load sustained, and where the values a and b are small compared with unity.
The frictional grip between the two surfaces prevents return motion of the worm shaft and the load remains suspended, but it may be lowered by turning the hand-wheel so as to overcome the friction brake.
Vehicles Some vehicle brake shoes or pads contain asbestos.
The brake blocks have been refitted to the power bogie which we overhauled four or five years ago now.