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CONTACT RAIL

Specialty Definition: CONTACT RAIL

DomainDefinition

Electrical Engineering

An insulated electric conductor rail located alongside the running rails, from which current is collected by means of a sliding contact mechanism attached to the bogie of electric cars. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: CONTACT RAIL

Language Translations for "CONTACT RAIL"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

skinne (shine). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

stroomrail (bus, bus bar, bus bars, busbar, busbars, conductor, conductor rail, conductor-rail, contact bar, live rail, third rail). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

virtakisko (bus bar, conductor rail, conductor-rail, contact bar, live rail, third rail). (various references)

   

French

  

troisième rail, barre de traction. (various references)

   

German

  

Stromschiene (bus, busbar, conductor rail, live rail). (various references)

   

Italian

  

terza rotaia (conductor rail, conductor-rail, live rail, third rail). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ontactcay ailray

   

Portuguese

  

carril de energia (third rail), terceiro carril (third rail). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

carril de contacto (conductor rail, conductor-rail, live rail, third rail), tercer carril (third rail). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

strömskena (third rail). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: CONTACT RAIL

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-c-i-l-n-o-r-t-t"

-1 letter: tractional.

-2 letters: antarctic, cantorial, catatonic, lactation.

-3 letters: cilantro, coattail, contract, contrail, cortical, cratonic, lactonic, narcotic, notarial, octantal, raincoat, rational, tactical, tailcoat, tantalic, traction.

-4 letters: acronic, acrotic, actinal, alation, anticar, arnatto, atactic, caloric, caracol, carinal, carioca, carotin, cattail, cattalo, citator, clarion, conical, contact, cranial, laconic, ocarina, rattail, ricotta, taction, tantric, toccata.

-5 letters: acinar, action, alcaic, alnico.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-c-c-i-l-n-o-r-t-t"
 

+2 letters: acculturation, contractional.

 

+3 letters: acculturations, contradictable.

 

+4 letters: acculturational, pantisocratical.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Translations: Modern
2. Anagrams
3. Bibliography


  

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