brake

mechanical device that inhibits motion
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brake

Summary

brake is a type of machine element[1]. brake draws 2,395 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_machine_element category, ranking #12 of 30).[2]

Key Facts

  • brake's instance of is recorded as type of machine element[3].
  • brake is a type of appliance[4].
  • brake is a type of machine element[5].
  • brake's Commons category is recorded as Brakes[6].
  • brake's described by source is recorded as Nordisk familjebok[7].
  • brake's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8].
  • brake's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[9].
  • brake's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[10].
  • brake's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[11].
  • brake's has effect is recorded as deceleration[12].
  • brake's different from is recorded as carbon brake[13].
  • brake's different from is recorded as Tabanidae[14].
  • brake's P14870 is recorded as ont00000342[15].

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Definition and Type

brake's instance of is recorded as type of machine element[3]. Recorded subclass of include appliance[4] and machine element[5].

Influence

Things named for brake include Knorr-Bremse[16], a business[17], in Germany[18], founded in 1905[19], headquartered in Munich[20].

Why It Matters

brake draws 2,395 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_machine_element category, ranking #12 of 30).[2] brake has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] brake is known by 85 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

Entities named for brake include Knorr-Bremse[16], a business[17], in Germany[18], founded in 1905[19], headquartered in Munich[20].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [17] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [20] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 24d ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14870 → ont00000342
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P14870]]: ont00000342"
  2. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Different from → carbon brake, Tabanidae
    Has effect → deceleration
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) → 4198156
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 6186, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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