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FREIN COMMANDE MECANIQUE [1 record]

Record 1 2017-07-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Braking Systems (Motor Vehicles and Bicycles)
CONT

Brakes are classified as mechanical brake or hydraulic according to whether the braking force is applied from the foot pedal or hand lever to the brake shoes by means of mechanical linkage or by hydraulic pressure.

OBS

mechanical brake: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Freins (Véhicules automobiles et bicyclettes)
CONT

Les freins à commande mécanique, qui sont pratiquement abandonnés à l'heure actuelle, sauf pour le frein d'immobilisation, dit «frein à main», qui peut être utilisé comme freins de secours [...]

OBS

L'écartement des segments est obtenu [...] par l'action d'une came [commande mécanique du frein à main].

OBS

frein à commande mécanique : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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