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(rail transport, mechanical engineering) A continuous pipe or hose filled with high-pressure air and running the length of a train, used to recharge the train's brake reservoirs with compressed air and to control the train's air brakes through changes in its internal air pressure..
Use brake pipe when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Brake pipe means (rail transport, mechanical engineering) A continuous pipe or hose filled with high-pressure air and running the length of a train, used to recharge the train's brake reservoirs with compressed air and to control the train's air brakes through changes in its internal air pressure..
Common synonyms include train line, trainline.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Use brake pipe where its definition matches the intended context.
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