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Disk Brake

Definition: Disk Brake

Disk Brake

Noun

1. Hydraulic brake in which friction is applied to both sides of spinning disk by the brake pads.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonym: Disk Brake

Synonym: disc brake (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Disk Brake

Specialty definitions using "disk brake": DISC-PAD KNOCKOUT WORKER. (references)

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Image Slideshow: Disk Brake

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Modern Translation: Disk Brake

Language Translations for "disk brake"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

skivebremse (disc brake). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

schijfrem (disc brake). (various references)

   

French

  

frein disques (disc brake), frein disque (disc brake). (various references)

   

German

  

Scheibenbremse (disc brake). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

δισκόφρενο (disc brake). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

tárcsás fék. (various references)

   

Italian

  

freno a disco (disc brake). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

ディーゼル電気車 (daemon, daily news, day, day and date, day bed, day pack, day'n'date, dealer, debate, debug, debugger, decay, decentralization, deduction, deep, deep kiss, default, defender, Defender Plan, defense, definition, delay, delayed steal, delay-line, demand-pull inflation, deoxyribo, depletion, deregulation, deschooling, describe, descriptor, destination, destructor, detail, detector, Deus, developer, device, dictionary, dieldrin, diesel electric car, differential gear, differentiation, diffusion index, digital, digital camera, digital voltmeter, dilettante, dilettantism, dimension, diminuendo, dimple, dinghy, dinner, dinner dress, dinner jacket, dinner party, dinner set, dinner suit, dip, diploma, director, directory, disc jockey, disclosure, Discman, disco, disco sound, discography, disconnect, discontinue, discotheque, discount, discount sale, discount store, discover, discoverer, discrete, discussion, disinflation, disk, disk jockey, diskette, diskless, diskman, Disney, Disneyland, dispatch, dispatcher, dispel, dispenser, displacement, display, disposer, disrupt, dissolve, distance, distortion, distribution, distributor, disturb, divertimento, divided skirt, divider, divot, French kiss). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ディスクブレーキ . (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

iskday akebray.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

travão de discos (disc brake), freio a disco. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

дисковый тормоз. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

freno de discos (disc brake), freno de disco (disc brake). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Disk Brake

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-d-e-i-k-k-r-s"

-2 letters: abiders, braised, brisked, daikers, darbies, debarks, seabird, sidebar.

-3 letters: abider, abides, aiders, ardebs, bakers, bardes, barked, basked, beards, biased, biders, bikers, braids, braise, braked, brakes, breads, breaks, brides, daiker, deairs, debark, debars, debris, dikers, disbar, drakes, irades, kaiser, kebars, rabies, raised, rebids, redias, resaid, risked, sabred, serdab.

-4 letters: abide, abris, aider, aides, aired.

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

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Images: Slideshow
5. Translations: Modern
6. Anagrams
7. Bibliography


  

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