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Pb

Term · Industrial and trades · MLC-T-IND-004180

An abbreviation for power brakes, used in vehicle classified ads and equipment lists alongside ps for power steering and pw for power windows. It marks a car whose brakes use a booster, normally vacuum assisted, to multiply the force of the driver's foot on the pedal. A car without it has manual brakes and needs noticeably more pedal effort.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-IND-004180
FieldIndustrial and trades
SubjectAutomotive
TranslationsGerman: pb; Spanish: pb; French: pb
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-004180",
  "term": "Pb",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "An abbreviation for power brakes, used in vehicle classified ads and equipment lists alongside ps for power steering and pw for power windows. It marks a car whose brakes use a booster, normally vacuum assisted, to multiply the force of the driver's foot on the pedal. A car without it has manual brakes and needs noticeably more pedal effort.",
  "subject": "Automotive",
  "translations": {
    "de": "pb",
    "es": "pb",
    "fr": "pb"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/pb/"
}

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