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disk brake

disk brake is the alternative spelling of disc brake.

Meaning of disc brake

Noun

disc brake (plural disc brakes)

  1. (UK) A type of brake where the friction is produced by brake pads which are pressed against a disc (or rotor) made of steel or ceramic.
    • The railbuses are equipped with automatic compressed air disc brakes; in the event of failure causing reduced pressure in the brake pipe, the brakes are automatically operated.1958 July, “German Railbuses for German Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 501

Forms of disk brake

pluraldisk brakes

Questions about disk brake

What is disk brake the alternative spelling of?
Disk brake is the alternative spelling of disc brake.

Words near disk brake in the dictionary

  1. disjunctures
  2. disjustive
  3. disk
  4. disk access time
  5. disk access times
  6. disk brake
  7. disk brakes
  8. disk buffer
  9. disk drive
  10. disk drives
  11. disk horse

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Adapted from Wiktionary: disk brake (page history and authors); disc brake (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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