braking
Applying the pedal
Braking is the act of slowing or stopping by applying brakes.
The term appears in contexts involving vehicles, machinery, or any system with brakes: The truck's braking distance increases on wet roads.
Braking can be gradual or sudden: Hard braking caused the tires to skid.
The word also appears in compound forms: braking system, regenerative braking.
Cushioned protective layers
- rotorsSpinning airfoil assemblies
- calipersAdjustable-jaw measuring device
- discFlat circular object
- drumStruck percussion cylinder
shoes · hydraulics · ABS · antilock · booster · servo · pedal · lever
Complete sudden stop
- standstillTotal cessation of movement
- stopCease all motion
- pauseTemporary cessation of activity
- distanceSpace between two points
Reduction in pace
- modulationVarying signals to transmit
- retardationSlowing or delay
- downshiftChange to lower gear
- regenerativeAble to renew itself
coasting · gradual · controlled · smooth · progressive · cadence · threshold
pads
Cushioned protective layers
drum · shoes · hydraulics · ABS · antilock · booster · servo · pedal · lever
halt
Complete sudden stop
- standstillTotal cessation of movement
- stopCease all motion
- pauseTemporary cessation of activity
slowdown
Reduction in pace
- modulationVarying signals to transmit
- retardationSlowing or delay
- downshiftChange to lower gear
regenerative · coasting · gradual · controlled · smooth · progressive · cadence · threshold
heat
Transferred thermal energy
dust · ceramic · metallic · organic · coefficient · glazing · bedding · bite · grab · vibration
car
Wheeled motor vehicle
- truckHeavy freight vehicle
- motorcyclePowered two-wheeler
- bicyclePedal-powered two-wheeler
train · aircraft · trailer · tractor · bus · semi · towing · tandem
- drivingdrive, steering, driver, acceleration, motorist
- frictionfriction, rubbing, abrading, friction burn, rolling friction
- mechanicsforce, turning, rotation, momentum, velocity
- car skillsdriving, steering, parking, parallel parking, shifting
- driving safetyblind spot, signaling, merging, stopping, swerve
- gradual motioncrawling, creeping, inching, drifting, gliding
brakingaccelerating
Increasing in speed
speeding up · acceleration · flooring it · hitting the gas · pedal to the metal
brakingaccelerating
Increasing in speed
propelling · thrusting · picking up speed · surging · building momentum
- braking distancesLength required to halt
- emergency brakingSudden forceful deceleration
- engine brakingDeceleration via powertrain resistance
- automatic brakingSelf-activating vehicle deceleration
- braking systemEquipment for slowing vehicles
- anti-lock braking systemPrevents wheel lockup