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stringline

stringline adjective: describing a derailment typically occurring when a train having improperly distributed weight starts or accelerates on sharply curving track.

Adjective

stringline (not comparable)

  1. Describing a derailment typically occurring when a train having improperly distributed weight starts or accelerates on sharply curving track

Verb

stringline (third-person singular simple present stringlines, present participle stringlining, simple past and past participle stringlined)

  1. To derail on sharply curving track, usually due to incorrectly distributed weight
    • The train stringlined on a curve when the engineer increased power at the front.2007 July 11, Allan Dowd, “CN Rail criticized by Canadian derailment probe”, in Reuters

Forms of stringline

third-person singular presentstringlines
present participlestringlining
past participlestringlined
paststringlined

Origin of stringline

From string + line.

Questions about stringline

What does stringline mean?
Stringline means describing a derailment typically occurring when a train having improperly distributed weight starts or accelerates on sharply curving track.
What part of speech is stringline?
Stringline can be an adjective or a verb.

Words near stringline in the dictionary

  1. stringless
  2. stringless bean
  3. stringless beans
  4. stringlessness
  5. stringlike
  6. stringline
  7. stringlined
  8. stringlines
  9. stringlining
  10. stringly
  11. stringly typed

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