electro-pneumatic
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.98 in modern English
24
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
6
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Example Sentences
- "[…] Mr. Grierson remarks that on the L.P.T.B. tube stock in general the electro-pneumatic brake is in use, but that the new 1938 stock is fitted with the self-lapping electro-pneumatic brake, which is under the control of an automatic mercury-operated retardation controller when normal service stops are being made."
- "The vehicle is fitted with Westinghouse electro-pneumatic brake, and also a Northey exhauster with vacuum chamber and auxiliary reservoir adjacent to the guard's compartment for use when hauling vehicles equipped with vacuum brake gear."
- "Features such as trackless doors, mercury-type door interlocks, roof-mounted door fault indicator lights, rubber window glazing, improved retractable shoegear and a modified electro-pneumatic brake system designed to facilitate maintenance and improve reliability, which have proved their worth on the prototype trains, are continued in the new stock."