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MOTOR BOSS

Specialty Definition: MOTOR BOSS

DomainDefinition

Mining

In mining, a foreperson who directs locomotive (motor) haulage operations underground and at the surface of a mine. Also called car dispatcher; car distributor; dispatcher; passing boss; traffic man; train dispatcher.Syn:turn keeper. (references)

Occupations

Coordinates movements of haulage trips (trains) in underground mine to or from working force or dump area: Schedules movements of trains hauling coal, ore, refuse, personnel, or supplies in accordance with capacity of system, interval between trains, and length and direction of trains. Directs movements of special vehicles, such as emergency and repair railcars, to minimize interference with scheduled operations, using telephone, radio, or track signals. Reroutes trains in event of emergency, such as power failure, explosion, fire, or accident. Investigates cause of train delays, using telephone, and reschedules subsequent operations. Transmits reports of accidents or system malfunctions to repair crew and SAFETY ENGINEER (profess. & kin.). Keeps records of train movements, or monitors movements on lighted panelboard showing location of each train in system. May move controls to throw track switches and regulate movement of trains. (references)

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

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Anagrams: MOTOR BOSS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "b-m-o-o-o-r-s-s-t"

-3 letters: boosts, bosoms, bromos, brooms, motors, robots, roosts, storms, torsos.

-4 letters: booms, boors, boost, boots, borts, bosom, bromo, broom, broos, moors, moots, morts, mosso, mosts, motor, robot, rooms, roost, roots, rotos, soots, sorbs, sorts, stobs, storm, tombs, toros, torso.

-5 letters: boom, boor, boos, boot, bort, boss, bots, broo, bros, mobs, moor, moos, moot, mors.

 Words containing the letters "b-m-o-o-o-r-s-s-t"
 

+2 letters: smoothbores.

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

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Alternative Orthography: MOTOR BOSS


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

4D 4F 54 4F 52      42 4F 53 53

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

    

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

01001101 01001111 01010100 01001111 01010010 00100000 01000010 01001111 01010011 01010011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#77 &#79 &#84 &#79 &#82 &#32 &#66 &#79 &#83 &#83

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004D 004F 0054 004F 0052      0042 004F 0053 0053

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

4749544952236495353

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