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brake fade

brake fade noun: partial or total loss of braking force with prolonged continuous or repetitive application of a heavy vehicle's brakes, due to the effects on the brake system of the heat generated by heavy braking.

Noun

brake fade (uncountable)

  1. Partial or total loss of braking force with prolonged continuous or repetitive application of a heavy vehicle's brakes, due to the effects on the brake system of the heat generated by heavy braking.
    • To help prevent a runaway caused by brake fade, heavy trucks are required to stop at the top of the downgrade to give their brakes time to cool.

Questions about brake fade

What does brake fade mean?
Brake fade means partial or total loss of braking force with prolonged continuous or repetitive application of a heavy vehicle's brakes, due to the effects on the brake system of the heat generated by heavy braking.
What part of speech is brake fade?
Brake fade is a noun.

Words near brake fade in the dictionary

  1. brake disk
  2. brake disks
  3. brake drum
  4. brake drums
  5. brake dust
  6. brake fade
  7. brake fluid
  8. brake fluids
  9. brake gear
  10. brake horsepower
  11. brake horsepowers

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