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vacuum brake

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vacuum brake [′vak·yəm ‚brāk]
(mechanical engineering)
A form of air brake which operates by maintaining low pressure in the actuating cylinder; braking action is produced by opening one side of the cylinder to the atmosphere so that atmospheric pressure, aided in some designs by gravity, applies the brake.
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