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Section Gang

Definition: Section Gang

Section Gang

Noun

1. A work crew assigned to a section of a railroad.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

Crosswords: Section Gang

English words defined with "section gang": section hand. (references)

Specialty definitions using "section gang": transfer-gang-car system. (references)

Photo Album: Section Gang

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	White section gang near King City, California. Before the depression this work was done entirely by Mexican labor.Credit: Library of Congress.		White section gang near King City, California. Before the depression this work was done entirely by Mexican labor.Credit: Library of Congress.
	Carrollton (vicinity), Missouri. A section gang at work along the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad between Marceline, Missouri and Argentine, Kansas.Credit: Library of Congress.		Iden, New Mexico. A section gang at work on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad track.Credit: Library of Congress.
	Hereford, Texas. Section gang working on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad track.Credit: Library of Congress.		Cajon, California. Group of Indian workers who were employed on a section gang working on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad tracks.Credit: Library of Congress.
	Needles, California. An Indian section gang at work on the tracks in the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad yards.Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Modern Translations: Section Gang

Language		Translations for "section gang"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Hungarian		vasúti pályamunkás-osztag. (various references)

Pig Latin		ectionsay anggay
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: Section Gang

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-e-g-g-i-n-n-o-s-t"
	-1 letter: congesting.
	-2 letters: agentings, negations.
	-3 letters: aconites, actinons, agenting, agnostic, ancients, anginose, antigens, canniest, canoeing, canoeist, canonise, canonist, coagents, coasting, coatings, cognates, coinages, congaing, contains, enacting, enations, encaging, encasing, escoting, gentians, gigatons, insectan, instance, naggiest, negating, negation, negatons, sanction, scanting, scenting, seagoing, sonantic, sonatine, sonicate, stanging, tangoing, tonnages.
	-4 letters: acetins, acinose, aconite, actings, actinon, actions.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-e-g-g-i-n-n-o-s-t"
	+2 letters: congregations.
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Alternative Orthography: Section Gang

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

53 65 63 74 69 6F 6E 47 61 6E 67

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

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

01010011 01100101 01100011 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 00100000 01000111 01100001 01101110 01100111

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#83 &#101 &#99 &#116 &#105 &#111 &#110 &#32 &#71 &#97 &#110 &#103

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0053 0065 0063 0074 0069 006F 006E 0047 0061 006E 0067

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

53716986758180241678073

INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Images: Photo Album
4. Translations: Modern

5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography

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