hydraulic brakes

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hydraulic brakes - brake system in which a brake pedal moves a piston in the master cylinder; brake fluid then applies great force to the brake pads or shoeshydraulic brakebrake cylinder, hydraulic brake cylinder, master cylinder - a cylinder that contains brake fluid that is compressed by a pistonbrake pedal - foot pedal that moves a piston in the master brake cylinderbrake system, brakes - a braking device consisting of a combination of interacting parts that work to slow a motor vehicledisc brake, disk brake - hydraulic brake in which friction is applied to both sides of a spinning disk by the brake padsdrum brake - hydraulic brake in which friction is applied to the inside of a spinning drum by the brake shoefoot brake - hydraulic brake operated by pressing on a foot pedal