"braking distance" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: braking distances [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} braking distance (plural braking distances)
  1. The distance travelled by a vehicle between the time that the brakes are applied and the vehicle coming to rest Categories (topical): Transport Related terms: thinking distance, stopping distance Translations (braking distance): jarrutusmatka (Finnish), distance de freinage [feminine] (French), Bremsweg [masculine] (German), bremselengde [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), bremselengd [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), bremselengde [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), distância de travagem [feminine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-braking_distance-en-noun-DMjiBnKj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for braking distance meaning in English (1.7kB)

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