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atmospheric railway

atmospheric railway noun: a railway where the motive power is derived from partial vacuum acting on a piston working in a tube of uniform bore.

Noun

atmospheric railway (plural atmospheric railways)

  1. A railway where the motive power is derived from partial vacuum acting on a piston working in a tube of uniform bore.

Forms of atmospheric railway

pluralatmospheric railways

Questions about atmospheric railway

What does atmospheric railway mean?
Atmospheric railway means a railway where the motive power is derived from partial vacuum acting on a piston working in a tube of uniform bore.
What part of speech is atmospheric railway?
Atmospheric railway is a noun.
What is the plural of atmospheric railway?
The plural of atmospheric railway is atmospheric railways.

Words near atmospheric railway in the dictionary

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  2. atmospheric oxygen
  3. atmospheric perspective
  4. atmospheric pressure
  5. atmospheric pressures
  6. atmospheric railway
  7. atmospheric railways
  8. atmospheric refraction
  9. atmospheric river
  10. atmospheric rivers
  11. atmospheric tide

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