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slow speed control

slow speed control noun: an electronic device fitted to locomotives which enables them to operate at a very slow speed when their train is loaded or unloaded on the move.

Noun

slow speed control

  1. An electronic device fitted to locomotives which enables them to operate at a very slow speed when their train is loaded or unloaded on the move.
    • Slow-speed control was fitted to Class 37/7s in South Wales, to permit diagramming on the coal circuits between pit and power station.2020 December 16, David Clough, “Class 37s at 60: the great survivors”, in Rail, page 56, photo caption

Questions about slow speed control

What does slow speed control mean?
Slow speed control means an electronic device fitted to locomotives which enables them to operate at a very slow speed when their train is loaded or unloaded on the move.
What part of speech is slow speed control?
Slow speed control is a noun.

Words near slow speed control in the dictionary

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