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Definition of Hydraulic brake
1. Noun. Brake system in which a brake pedal moves a piston in the master cylinder; brake fluid then applies great force to the brake pads or shoes.
Terms within: Brake Cylinder, Hydraulic Brake Cylinder, Master Cylinder, Brake Pedal
Generic synonyms: Brake System, Brakes
Specialized synonyms: Disc Brake, Disk Brake, Drum Brake, Foot Brake
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hydraulic Brake
Literary usage of Hydraulic brake
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hydraulic Power and Hydraulic Machinery by Henry Robinson (1893)
"hydraulic brake. A brake or buffer can be made by enclosing a volume of water in
a cylinder that is provided either with a perforated piston or with a small ..."
2. Hydraulic Machinery: With an Introduction to Hydraulics by Robert Gordon Blaine (1897)
"hydraulic brake. A HYDRAULIC brake is an apparatus for absorbing energy by fluid
friction, developed mainly during passage of the fluid past an obstacle. ..."
3. Hydraulic Machinery: With an Introduction to Hydraulics by Robert Gordon Blaine (1905)
"hydraulic brake. A HYDRAULIC brake is an apparatus for absorbing energy by fluid
friction, developed mainly during passage of the fluid past an obstacle. ..."
4. The City of Detroit, Michigan, 1701-1922 by Clarence Monroe Burton, William Stocking, Gordon K. Miller, S. J. Clarke Publishing Company (1922)
"In 1921 he formed his present connection with the Four Wheel hydraulic brake
Company. On the 15th of November, 1915, Mr. Tuttle was married to Miss Marjorie ..."
5. Ordnance and Gunnery: A Text-book Prepared for the Cadets of the United by Ormond Mitchell Lissak (1907)
"hydraulic brake with Variable Orifice.—The mode of action of the hydraulic brake
with variable orifices will be understood Via. 101. from Fig. ..."
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