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axle weights

axle weights is the plural of axle weight.

Meaning of axle weight

Noun

axle weight (plural axle weights)

  1. The total weight placed upon an axle and its attached wheels, which is transmitted to a road or rail surface.
    • It may be objected that this system fails to take into account of possibly the most important of all practical considerations, maximum axle weight.1942 May-June, Ashley Brown, “Classifying Locomotives by Symbols”, in Railway Magazine, page 135

Questions about axle weights

What is axle weights the plural of?
Axle weights is the plural of axle weight.

Words near axle weights in the dictionary

  1. axle stand
  2. axle stands
  3. axle teeth
  4. axle tooth
  5. axle weight
  6. axle weights
  7. axle-box
  8. axle-boxes
  9. axle-driven
  10. axle-hung
  11. axle-tree

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