by Grandepapa November 7, 2022
Get the Retardmug. homie 1: yo sug happy birthday!
sug in question: it’s march 23rd…my birthdays in july?
homie 1: yea but it’s national retard day!
sug in question: it’s march 23rd…my birthdays in july?
homie 1: yea but it’s national retard day!
by abcdefjhijk May 22, 2024
Get the National retard daymug. A retarder is a device used to augment or replace some of the functions of primary friction-based braking systems, usually on heavy vehicles. Retarders serve to slow vehicles, or maintain a steady speed while traveling down a hill, and help prevent the vehicle from "running away" by accelerating down the hill. They are not usually capable of bringing vehicles to a standstill, as their effectiveness diminishes as vehicle speed lowers. They are usually used as an additional "assistance" to slow vehicles, with the final braking done by a conventional friction braking system. As the friction brake will be used less, particularly at higher speeds, their service life is increased, and since in those vehicles the brakes are air-actuated helps to conserve air pressure too.
Friction-based braking systems are susceptible to "brake fade" when used extensively for continuous periods, which can be dangerous if braking performance drops below what is required to stop the vehicle – for instance if a truck or bus is descending a long decline. For this reason, such heavy vehicles are frequently fitted with a supplementary system that is not friction-based.
Retarders are not restricted to road motor vehicles, but may also be used in railway systems. The British prototype Advanced Passenger Train (APT) used hydraulic retarders to allow the high-speed train to stop in the same distance as standard lower speed trains, as a pure friction-based system was not viable.
Friction-based braking systems are susceptible to "brake fade" when used extensively for continuous periods, which can be dangerous if braking performance drops below what is required to stop the vehicle – for instance if a truck or bus is descending a long decline. For this reason, such heavy vehicles are frequently fitted with a supplementary system that is not friction-based.
Retarders are not restricted to road motor vehicles, but may also be used in railway systems. The British prototype Advanced Passenger Train (APT) used hydraulic retarders to allow the high-speed train to stop in the same distance as standard lower speed trains, as a pure friction-based system was not viable.
by Huvudpersson July 24, 2017
Get the Retardermug. If you are Steve carrell in the movie the 40 year old virgin, you are the epitome of a social retard, at least in North America?
by Sexydimma February 4, 2013
Get the social retardmug. Retarded = a White Liberal
by Dinkholejones June 3, 2022
Get the Retardedmug. Being a retarded gabor is when you think the n word, is just like any other word. Then say it nonchalantly
by VipexTM May 27, 2022
Get the Retarded Gabormug. by mr.sean m August 30, 2019
Get the retarded red neckmug.