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4-12-2

4-12-2 noun: under the Whyte notation system, a steam locomotive that has four coupled leading wheels, twelve coupled driving wheels, and one pair of trailing wheels.

Noun

4-12-2 (plural 4-12-2s)

  1. Under the Whyte notation system, a steam locomotive that has four coupled leading wheels, twelve coupled driving wheels, and one pair of trailing wheels.

Forms of 4-12-2

plural4-12-2s

Questions about 4-12-2

What does 4-12-2 mean?
4-12-2 means under the Whyte notation system, a steam locomotive that has four coupled leading wheels, twelve coupled driving wheels, and one pair of trailing wheels.
What part of speech is 4-12-2?
4-12-2 is a noun.
What is the plural of 4-12-2?
The plural of 4-12-2 is 4-12-2s.

Words near 4-12-2 in the dictionary

  1. 4-1-1
  2. 4-10-0
  3. 4-10-0s
  4. 4-10-2
  5. 4-10-2s
  6. 4-12-2
  7. 4-12-2s
  8. 4-14-4
  9. 4-14-4s
  10. 4-2-0
  11. 4-2-0s

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