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vacuum brakes

vacuum brakes is the plural of vacuum brake.

Meaning of vacuum brake

Noun

vacuum brake (plural vacuum brakes)

  1. A brake used on trains, working on the principle of keeping up a vacuum in a continuous pipe or pipes extending under the train, and in brake-cylinders connected to them under each vehicle, the air being sucked out by ejectors or pumps on the locomotive.
    • Compressed air is used for the operation of certain contactors, the sanders, the horn, and the re-fuelling equipment, but vacuum brakes are fitted to the locomotive.1951 January, “Diesel-Electric Branch-Line Locomotive for British Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 71

Questions about vacuum brakes

What is vacuum brakes the plural of?
Vacuum brakes is the plural of vacuum brake.

Words near vacuum brakes in the dictionary

  1. vacuum bomb
  2. vacuum bombs
  3. vacuum bottle
  4. vacuum bottles
  5. vacuum brake
  6. vacuum brakes
  7. vacuum bubble
  8. vacuum bubbles
  9. vacuum catastrophe
  10. vacuum chamber
  11. vacuum cleaner

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