HYDRAULIC BRAKES

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does hydraulic brakes mean? 

• HYDRAULIC BRAKES (noun)
  The noun HYDRAULIC BRAKES has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: HYDRAULIC BRAKES used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HYDRAULIC BRAKES (noun)

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

hydraulic brake; hydraulic brakes

Hypernyms ("hydraulic brakes" is a kind of...):

brake system; the brakes (a brake consisting of a combination of interacting parts that work to slow a motor vehicle)

Meronyms (parts of "hydraulic brakes"):

brake cylinder; hydraulic brake cylinder; master cylinder (a cylinder that contains brake fluid that is compressed by a piston)

brake pedal (foot pedal that moves a piston in the master brake cylinder)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hydraulic brakes"):

disc brake; disk brake (hydraulic brake in which friction is applied to both sides of a spinning disk by the brake pads)

drum brake (hydraulic brake in which friction is applied to the inside of a spinning drum by the brake shoe)

foot brake (hydraulic brake operated by pressing on a foot pedal)