RAIL TECHNOLOGY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rail technology mean? 

• RAIL TECHNOLOGY (noun)
  The noun RAIL TECHNOLOGY has 1 sense:

1. the activity of designing and constructing and operating railroads

  Familiarity information: RAIL TECHNOLOGY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RAIL TECHNOLOGY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The activity of designing and constructing and operating railroads

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

rail technology; railroading

Hypernyms ("rail technology" is a kind of...):

technology (the application of the knowledge and usage of tools (such as machines or utensils) and techniques to control one's environment)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rail technology"):

maglev; magnetic levitation (high-speed rail technology; train is suspended on a magnetic cushion above a magnetized track and so travels free of friction)