present participle of brake check

A driving and motorcycling technique where the brakes are used beyond the entrance to a turn and then gradually released.

(rail transport) A mechanism for performing dynamic braking.

(astronomy) A theoretical scientific model suggested as one of the possibilities for the ultimate fate of the universe.

A brake that normally operates under pressure, but engages fully when all pressure is released.

Synonym of coaster brake

a system for linking front and rear brakes on a motorcycle or scooter

plural of combined braking system

The average (mean) pressure which, if imposed on the pistons uniformly from the top to the bottom of each power stroke, would produce the measured (brake) power output.

plural of brake mean effective pressure