What does emergency brake mean?

Definitions for emergency brake
emer·gen·cy brake

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. hand brake, emergency, emergency brake, parking brakenoun

    a brake operated by hand; usually operates by mechanical linkage

Wiktionary

  1. emergency brakenoun

    A brake which can be used by passengers in a vehicle to stop in event of an emergency.

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  1. emergency brake

    An emergency brake, also known as a parking brake, handbrake or e-brake, is a mechanism installed in vehicles that prevents them from moving when parked or in case of a failure of the primary braking system. It operates independently from the main hydraulic brake system and is typically controlled by either a hand lever or a foot pedal.

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  1. Emergency brake

    On trains, the expression emergency brake has several meanings: ⁕The maximum brake force available to the driver/engineer from his conventional braking system, usually operated by taking the brake handle to its furthest position, through a gate mechanism, or by pushing a separate plunger in the cab ⁕a completely separate mechanism from the conventional braking system, designed to stop the train as quickly as possible ⁕a handle or plunger which may be applied by a passenger in an emergency situation, either operating the brakes directly or sending an alarm to the driver so that he can stop the train The emergency brake applies considerably more braking force than the standard full-service brake. The engineer, motorman or driver will only use the emergency brake as a last resort, since it may cause damage; even with modern wheel slide protection, a train may develop wheel-flats, and the rails themselves can suffer profile damage.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of emergency brake in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of emergency brake in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of emergency brake in a Sentence

  1. Roxana Elizabeth Flores:

    People signaled and I immediately saw the person on the tracks and applied the emergency brake, as the protocol says.

  2. Carabinieri Lt. Col. Alberto Cicognani:

    Because of a malfunction, the brake was continuing to engage even when it wasn’t supposed to, to prevent the cabin from halting during the transport of passengers, they chose to not remove the dispositive that blocked the emergency brake.


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