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Definition: AIR BRAKE |
AIR BRAKE1. A railway brake operated by condensed air. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Mechanical Engineering | A block brake operated by air pressure. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
On railways air brake is a brake operated by condensed air. It was patented by George Westinghouse on March 5, 1872.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Air brake."
Crosswords: AIR BRAKE |
| English words defined with "AIR BRAKE": airbrake ♦ Triple valve ♦ Vacuum brake. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "AIR BRAKE": air-operated brake, AUTOMOBILE-SELF-SERVE-SERVICE-STATION ATTENDANT ♦ button-breaker operator ♦ CALENDER-MACHINE OPERATOR, cashier, automobile services, cloth calender ♦ dive braking flap, dive flap ♦ flat pressure maintaining ♦ gasateria attendant ♦ pneumatic brake, pneumatically operated brake, pressure maintaining ♦ release insuring valve ♦ SALEM 824 filter, slack adjuste, station attendant, SUPERVISOR, BRAKE REPAIR, SUPERVISOR, SHIPPING TRACK ♦ tape calender. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | ||
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
![]() | Plant of the Westinghouse Air Brake Co., Wilmerding, Pa.Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Pitcairn, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Julia Sabo, thirty-five, mother of three children, employed as a machinist's helper in the Pennsylvania Railroad yards, earning seventy-two cents per hour. She is splicing a reclaimed air brake hose.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Language | Translations for "AIR BRAKE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مكبح هوائي. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | pneumatisk bremse (air-operated brake, pneumatic brake, pneumatically operated brake). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | luchtdrukrem (air-operated brake, pneumatic brake, pneumatically operated brake). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | frein air comprimé (air-operated brake). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Druckluftbremse (air-operated brake, pneumatic brake, pneumatically operated brake). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | αερόφρενο (air-operated brake, pneumatic brake, pneumatically operated brake). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | féklap. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | freno ad aria compressa (air-operated brake, pneumatic brake, pneumatically operated brake). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 空気制動機 , エール大学 (acquired immune deficiency syndrome, aerobic dancing, aerobicise, aerobics, aerodynamics, aerogram, aerosol, aid, AIDS, AIDS virus, air, air bag, air breathing engine, air cargo, air check, air circulating system, air cleaner, air compressor, air conditioner, air conditioning, air curtain, air cushion, air dome, air door, air force, air girl, air gun, air hostess, air mail, air mattress, air pad, air pageant, air people, air pocket, air pot, air pump, air rifle, air right, air service, air shoot, air shuttle, air sick, air suspension, air terminal, air towel, airborne, airbrush, Airbus, airline, airport, airport tax, airsick bag, airsickness, airway, alias, alien, Edam cheese, eight, eight beat, exercising with aerobics, hit point, home page, HP, on-air monitor, stewardess, Yale University). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | くうきせいどうき, エアブレーキ . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | airay akebray freios pneumáticos, freio a ar comprimido, freio a ar. (various references) frânã pneumaticã. (various references) воздушный тормоз (air-brake). (various references) freno de aire comprimido (air-operated brake, pneumatic brake, pneumatically operated brake). (various references) havalı fren (pneumatic brake). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-e-i-k-r-r" | |
-1 letter: barkier, brakier. | |
-2 letters: barker, kerria. | |
-3 letters: airer, baker, barer, barre, biker, brake, break, briar, brier, kabar, kebar, raker, rebar. | |
-4 letters: abri, arak, area, aria, bake, bare, bark, beak, bear, bier, bike, birk, birr, brae, brie, kbar, keir, kerb, kibe, kier, raia, rake, raki, rare, rear. | |
-5 letters: aba, air, arb, are, ark, baa, bar, bra, brr, ear, era, err, ire, irk, kab, kae, kea, kir, reb, rei, ria, rib. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-b-e-i-k-r-r" | |
+1 letter: karabiner. | |
+2 letters: karabiners. | |
+3 letters: aerobraking. | |
+4 letters: crackbrained, trailbreaker. | |
+5 letters: heartbreaking, trailbreakers. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 49 52      42 52 41 4B 45 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01001001 01010010 00100000 01000010 01010010 01000001 01001011 01000101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A I R   B R A K E |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0049 0052      0042 0052 0041 004B 0045 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)35435223652354539 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Images: Photo Album | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Anagrams 7. Orthography 8. Bibliography |
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