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disc brake definition

disc brake

a brake, as on an automobile, that functions by causing two friction pads to press on either side of a disc rotating along with the wheel

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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