Usually means: Loss of braking efficiency, overheating.
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General (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. brake-fade, brake-fade: Collins English Dictionary
  2. brake fade: Infoplease Dictionary
  3. brake fade: Dictionary.com
  4. Brake fade: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  5. brake-fade: TheFreeDictionary.com
  6. brake fade: Wiktionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Hickok Sports Glossaries (No longer online)

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. Subaru-Speak (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (brake fade)

noun:  (automotive, rail transport, mechanical engineering) Partial or total loss of braking force with prolonged continuous or repetitive application of a heavy vehicle's brakes, due to the effects on the brake system of the heat generated by heavy braking.

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