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LOCOMOTIVE GRADIENT

Specialty Definition: LOCOMOTIVE GRADIENT

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Mining

The statutory maximum gradient for locomotive haulage is 1:15, but ordinarily the practical limit is about 1:25. Roads driven specially for locomotives are normally graded about 1:400 in favor of the load, unless asteeper gradient is required for drainage. (references)

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

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Anagrams: LOCOMOTIVE GRADIENT

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-d-e-e-g-i-i-l-m-n-o-o-o-r-t-t-v"

-4 letters: conglomerative, overmedicating, overmedication.

-5 letters: conglomerated, overemotional.

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

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Alternative Orthography: LOCOMOTIVE GRADIENT


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4C 4F 43 4F 4D 4F 54 49 56 45      47 52 41 44 49 45 4E 54

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001100 01001111 01000011 01001111 01001101 01001111 01010100 01001001 01010110 01000101 00100000 01000111 01010010 01000001 01000100 01001001 01000101 01001110 01010100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#76 &#79 &#67 &#79 &#77 &#79 &#84 &#73 &#86 &#69 &#32 &#71 &#82 &#65 &#68 &#73 &#69 &#78 &#84

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004C 004F 0043 004F 004D 004F 0054 0049 0056 0045      0047 0052 0041 0044 0049 0045 004E 0054

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4649374947495443563924152353843394854

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INDEX

1. Anagrams
2. Orthography
3. Bibliography


  

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