THIRD RAIL

Meaning of THIRD RAIL in English

[third rail] n (1890): a metal rail through which electric current is led to the motors of an electric vehicle (as a subway car)

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THIRD RAIL — noun Date: 1888 a metal rail through which electric current is led to the motors of an electric vehicle (as …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
THIRD RAIL — noun : a metal rail through which current is led to the motors of an electric locomotive — compare running …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
THIRD RAIL — () An electric railway using such a rail.
Английский словарь Webster
THIRD RAIL — () The third rail used in the third-rail system.
Английский словарь Webster
THIRD RAIL — Railroads. 1. a rail laid parallel and adjacent to the running rails of an electrified railroad to provide electric current …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
THIRD RAIL — Date: 1888 1. : a metal rail through which electric current is led to the motors of an electric vehicle …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
THIRD RAIL — add. ·- an electric railway using such a rail. 2. third rail ·add. ·- the third rail used in the …
Webster English vocab
THIRD RAIL — Function: noun Date: 1888 1 : a metal rail through which electric current is led to the motors of an …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
THIRD RAIL — ■ noun 1》 an additional rail supplying electric current, used in some electric railway systems. 2》 US informal a subject …
Concise Oxford English vocab
THIRD RAIL — третий рельс
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
THIRD RAIL — третий рельс
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
THIRD RAIL — третий рельс
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
THIRD RAIL — ж.-д. контактный рельс; токопроводящий рельс; третий рельс
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
THIRD RAIL — третий (токопроводящий, контактный) рельс
Англо-Русский строительный словарь
THIRD RAIL — третий рельс
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
THIRD — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Third Estate Third Reich Third Republic Third Section Third Department {{link=third world">third world
Английский словарь Британика
THIRD — I. ˈthərd, ˈthə̄d, ˈthəid adjective Etymology: Middle English thirde, thridde, from Old English thirdda, thridda; akin to Old High German …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
RAIL
Webster's New International English Dictionary
THIRD — — thirdly , adv. /therrd/ , adj. 1. next after the second; being the ordinal number for three. 2. being …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
RAIL — rail 1 — railless , adj. — raillike , adj. /rayl/ , n. 1. a bar of wood or metal …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
THIRD — I. ˈthərd adjective Etymology: Middle English thridde, thirde, from Old English thridda, thirdda; akin to Latin tertius third, Greek tritos, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
THIRD — noun the sixtieth part of a second of time. 2. third ·noun the third tone of the scale; the mediant. …
Webster English vocab
RAIL — vt to rail at. 2. rail ·vt to range in a line. 3. rail ·vt to move or influence by …
Webster English vocab
THIRD — [third] adj [ME thridde, thirde, fr. OE thridda, thirdda; akin to L tertius third, Gk tritos, treis three--more at three] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
RAIL — [rail] n [ME raile, fr. MF reille ruler, bar, fr. L regula ruler, fr. regere to keep straight, direct, rule--more …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
RAIL — any of more than 100 species of slender marsh birds of the family Rallidae (order Gruiformes), somewhat chicken-shaped, with short …
Britannica English vocabulary
THIRD — third BrE AmE θɜːd AmE θɝːd ▷ thirds θɜːdz AmE θɝːdz ▶ ˌ third de ˈ gree BrE AmE ▶ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
THIRD — / θɜːd; NAmE θɜːrd/ ordinal number , noun ■ ordinal number 3rd HELP NOTE : There are examples of how …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
RAIL — / reɪl; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ C ] a wooden or metal bar placed around …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THIRD — I. third 1 /θɜːd $ θɜːrd/ BrE AmE adjective [ Language: Old English ; Origin: thridda , thirdda ] 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
RAIL — I. rail 1 S2 W2 /reɪl/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: reille 'bar' …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
THIRD — n. & adj. --n. 1 the position in a sequence corresponding to that of the number 3 in the sequence …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
RAIL — n. & v. --n. 1 a level or sloping bar or series of bars: a used to hang things on. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
THIRD — n. & adj. n. 1 the position in a sequence corresponding to that of the number 3 in the sequence …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
RAIL — n. & v. n. 1 a level or sloping bar or series of bars: a used to hang things on. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
THIRD — n. & adj. --n. 1. the position in a sequence corresponding to that of the number 3 in the sequence …
Oxford English vocab
RAIL — 1. n. & v. --n. 1. a level or sloping bar or series of bars: a used to hang things …
Oxford English vocab
THIRD — ( thirds) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. The third item in …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
RAIL — ( rails, railing, railed) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A rail …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THIRD — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a developing/Third World country (= poor and trying to increase its industry and trade …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
RAIL — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a curtain rail/pole/rod (= a long stick for hanging a curtain ) ▪ Velvet …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
THIRD — [pronoun], [noun], determiner, [adverb] [not gradable] - 3rd; related to 3the third optionthe third road on the rightthe third timethe …
Cambridge English vocab
RAIL — (ROD) [noun] [C] - a straight bar or rod fixed in position, esp. to a wall or to vertical posts, …
Cambridge English vocab
THIRD — n. Third International Third Estate Third Reich Third Republic Third Section Third Department third world
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
THIRD — Give a/the third - Interrogate (third degree)
Slang English vocab
THIRD — I. noun ADJECTIVE ▪ first ▪ middle ▪ final , last ▪ the last ~ of the novel ▪ remaining …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
RAIL — n. 1 bar, rod, handrail, foot-rail , towel-rail; railing, banisters, balustrade, baluster, fence Don't lean on the rail or it …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
THIRD — 1. числ. поряд. третий third person 2. сущ. 1) треть, третья часть 2) (the third) третье число 3) муз. а) …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
RAIL — I 1. сущ. 1) перила, поручни; ограда, ограждение at the rail ≈ у ограды to stand at the rail ≈ …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
THIRD — third.ogg 1. θɜ:d n 1. (the third) третье (число) on the third of May - третьего мая 2. третий (человек) …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
RAIL — rail.ogg _I 1. reıl n 1. обыкн. pl ограда, изгородь to force to the rails - а) прижимать ( лошадь …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
RAIL — 1) рельс || укладывать рельсы 2) брус(ок) 3) направляющая 4) перила; поручень || обносить перилами; ограждать поручнем 5) строит. горизонтальная …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
RAIL — 1) рельс || укладывать рельсы 2) брус(ок) 3) направляющая 4) перила; поручень || обносить перилами; ограждать поручнем 5) строит. горизонтальная обвязка 6) строит. схватка 7) мор. …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
RAIL — 1) барьер 2) брусок 3) леер 4) леерный 5) направляющая 6) нить рельсовая 7) планширь 8) рельс 9) рельса 10) рельсовой 11) рельсовый • draw-bridge rail lock — запор рельсов разводного моста insulated …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
THIRD — 1. θɜ:d n 1. (the third) третье (число) on the third of May - третьего мая 2. третий (человек) you …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
RAIL — _I 1. reıl n 1. обыкн. pl ограда, изгородь to force to the rails - а) прижимать ( лошадь ) …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
THIRD — 1. числ. порядк. третий King John the Third — король Иоанн Третий - third ague - third dimension - third …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
RAIL — I reɪl 1. сущ. 1) перила, поручни; ограда, ограждение at the rail — у ограды to stand at the rail …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
THIRD — 1. числ. порядк. третий King John the Third — король Иоанн Третий - third ague - third dimension - third eye - third force - third person 2. …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
RAIL — I [ЇўЎ®] rail.wav 1. сущ. 1) перила, поручни; ограда, ограждение at the rail — у ограды to stand at the rail — стоять у …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
RAIL — 1) рельс; брус; балка 2) поперечина; траверса; поперечная балка 3) направляющая 4) перила; поручни • - cam rail - center …
Англо-Русский словарь по машиностроению и автоматизации производства 2
RAIL — 1) рельс; брус; балка 2) поперечина; траверса; поперечная балка 3) направляющая 4) перила; поручни • - cam rail - center rail - correction rail - cross rail - elevating …
Англо-Русский словарь по машиностроению и автоматизации производства
RAIL — орнит. пастушок (Rallus); pl пастушковые (Rallidae) - bare-eyed rail - Bensch's rail - black rail - chestnut-bellied rail - chestnut-headed rail - clapper rail - dotted rail - gray-throated …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
RAIL — орнит. пастушок ( Rallus ) ; pl пастушковые ( Rallidae ) - bare-eyed rail - Bensch's rail - black rail …
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь

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