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Definition: Railroad Track |
Railroad TrackNoun1. A line of track providing a runway for wheels; "he walked along the railroad track". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Railroad TrackSynonyms: railroad (n), railway (n). (additional references) |
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Screenplays | He knows, because he once saw a guy stick his tongue to a railroad track on a bet, and the fire department had to come get the guy's tongue off the track, because he couldn't get it off. (Randy is trying to catch up). (A Christmas Story; writing credit: Leigh Brown; Bob Clark) | |
Lyrics | And sit beneath the trees by the railroad track. ("Johnny B. Goode"; performing artist: Chuck Berry) That fateful night the car was stalled upon the railroad track ("Teen Angel"; performing artist: Mark Dinning) | |
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 | Aieral view of Interstate 25, a railroad track and the old El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail. Established in 1598 by Juan de Onate, this trail from Mexico City to Santa Fe provided vital communications and trade between Mexico and the frontier lands of New Mexico for over 300 years.Credit: Unknown. |  | Black and white photo of rail workers on a railroad track working/posing.Credit: Unknown. |
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Economic History | Nigeria | There are 3,500 kilometers (2,180 mi.) of railroad track, which fell into near total disuse but are now slowly coming back into service after extensive renovation by a Chinese company. (references) |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
railroad track | 66 |
abandoned railroad track | 5 |
railroad track width | 4 |
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| Language | Translations for "railroad track"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Japanese Kanji | 軌" (orbit). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | きどう (air duct, art of shogi, deceptive methods, maneuver, orbit, questionable means, respiratory tract, starting, startup), てつどうせ"ろ (rail line). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ailroadray acktray.(various references) | |
Russian | железнодорожный путь (rail). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-c-d-i-k-l-o-r-r-r-t" | |
-5 letters: caldaria, cartload, dicrotal, radiator, railroad. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 61 69 6C 72 6F 61 64 54 72 61 63 6B |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010010 01100001 01101001 01101100 01110010 01101111 01100001 01100100 00100000 01010100 01110010 01100001 01100011 01101011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)R a i l r o a d   T r a c k |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0052 0061 0069 006C 0072 006F 0061 0064 0054 0072 0061 0063 006B |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)526775788481677025484676977 |
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