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track-circuiting

track-circuiting noun: the provision of track circuits.

Noun

track-circuiting (uncountable)

  1. The provision of track circuits.
    • Other signalling modernisation works cover the provision of track circuiting and colour-light signalling in a large number of localities, where the existing signalling systems are inadequate to deal efficiently with the higher speeds and frequency of the future services.1957 January, “Modernisation Plan Progress”, in Railway Magazine, page 16
    • [...] full track-circuiting throughout the area is to be carried over the Royal Albert Bridge so that the employment of single-line tokens over this single-line section can be abandoned.1959 March, “Talking of Trains: Modernisation at Plymouth”, in Trains Illustrated, page 122

Origin of track-circuiting

From track circuit + -ing.

Questions about track-circuiting

What does track-circuiting mean?
Track-circuiting means the provision of track circuits.
What part of speech is track-circuiting?
Track-circuiting is a noun.

Words near track-circuiting in the dictionary

  1. track workers
  2. track-and-field
  3. track-boat
  4. track-boats
  5. track-circuited
  6. track-circuiting
  7. track-mounted
  8. track-road
  9. track-roads
  10. track-side
  11. track-sides

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