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1Glossary of rail terminology — Rail transport Operations Track Maintenance High speed Gauge Stations …
2railroad — /rayl rohd /, n. 1. a permanent road laid with rails, commonly in one or more pairs of continuous lines forming a track or tracks, on which locomotives and cars are run for the transportation of passengers, freight, and mail. 2. an entire system… …
3Nuclear weapon design — The first nuclear weapons, though large, cumbersome and inefficient, provided the basic design building blocks of all future weapons. Here the Gadget device is prepared for the first nuclear test: Trinity. Nuclear weapon designs are physical,… …
4Rammed earth — The ruins of a Han Dynasty (202 BCE – 220 CE) Chinese watchtower made of rammed earth at Dunhuang, Gansu province, at the eastern end of the Silk Road …
5ram — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. butt, batter, bump; pound, drive, tamp; cram, stuff. See impulse. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [An object used to deliver a thrust] Syn. plunger, pump, beam, prow, hammerhead, arm piece, weight, pole,… …
