AIR BRAKE

  

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AIR BRAKE

Definition: AIR BRAKE

AIR BRAKE

1. A railway brake operated by condensed air.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 



Specialty Definitions: AIR BRAKE

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Mechanical Engineering

A block brake operated by air pressure. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Air brake

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

In aviation air brakes or "spoilers" are used on aircrafts to reduce speed during landing.

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."

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Crosswords: AIR BRAKE

English words defined with "AIR BRAKE": airbrakeTriple valveVacuum brake. (references)
Specialty definitions using "AIR BRAKE": air-operated brake, AUTOMOBILE-SELF-SERVE-SERVICE-STATION ATTENDANTbutton-breaker operatorCALENDER-MACHINE OPERATOR, cashier, automobile services, cloth calenderdive braking flap, dive flapflat pressure maintaininggasateria attendantpneumatic brake, pneumatically operated brake, pressure maintainingrelease insuring valveSALEM 824 filter, slack adjuste, station attendant, SUPERVISOR, BRAKE REPAIR, SUPERVISOR, SHIPPING TRACKtape calender. (references)

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Modern Usage: AIR BRAKE

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Movie/TV Titles

Westinghouse Air Brake Co. (Moulding Scene) (1904)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: AIR BRAKE

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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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: AIR BRAKE

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

   

Portuguese

  

freios pneumáticos, freio a ar comprimido, freio a ar. (various references)

   

Romanian

  

frânã pneumaticã. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

воздушный тормоз (air-brake). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

freno de aire comprimido (air-operated brake, pneumatic brake, pneumatically operated brake). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

havalı fren (pneumatic brake). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: AIR BRAKE

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: AIR BRAKE


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41 49 52      42 52 41 4B 45

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 01001001 01010010 00100000 01000010 01010010 01000001 01001011 01000101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#73 &#82 &#32 &#66 &#82 &#65 &#75 &#69

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 0049 0052      0042 0052 0041 004B 0045

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

35435223652354539

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Images: Photo Album
5. Translations: Modern
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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