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single-manned

single-manned adjective: manned or staffed by just one person.

Adjective

single-manned (not comparable)

  1. Manned or staffed by just one person.
    • The Mouchard-Frasne section, which includes three intermediate stations, is remotely signalled from a single-manned control centre presently located at Mouchard, but ultimately to be moved to Dijon.1960 April, “Automatic single-line signalling on the S.N.C.F.”, in Trains Illustrated, page 213

Questions about single-manned

What does single-manned mean?
Single-manned means manned or staffed by just one person.
What part of speech is single-manned?
Single-manned is an adjective.

Words near single-manned in the dictionary

  1. single-issueism
  2. single-lens reflex
  3. single-lens reflexes
  4. single-line whip
  5. single-line whips
  6. single-manned
  7. single-manning
  8. single-masted
  9. single-minded
  10. single-minded branding moment
  11. single-minded branding moments

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