: a brake that operates by the action of a frictional material pressed against the sides of a rotating disc by a caliper
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1 caliper
2 disc
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Tektro mechanical disc brakes provide stopping power, plus there's a parking brake as well.—Paul Ridden
may 11, New Atlas, 11 May 2025 Stopping power shapes up as dual-piston hydraulic disc brakes with motor cutoff, sporting a 203-mm rotor to the rear and 180 up front.—New Atlas, 25 Apr. 2025 Four-wheel independent double-wishbone suspension, anti-roll bars, and four-wheel disc brakes with 14-inch wheels were standard.—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 25 Apr. 2025 Volt opted to equip the Regent with hydraulic disc brakes that feel really strong.—Trinity Francis, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for disc brake
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