Meanings
- not comparableHaving two ends.
This double-ended arrow appears to point in two directions.
2 more examples
We created a computer version of the card game using a double-ended queue.
Now it consists of a large double-ended straight shed, divided across the middle by workshops and offices; one end is concerned solely with steam locomotives and the other with diesel locomotives and railcars.
1960 February, A. S. Gillitt, “The operation and maintenance of Belgian main line diesels”, in Trains Illustrated, page 87 - not comparablerail transportHaving a locomotive at each end.
- not comparableor diesel or electric locomotiverail transportHaving a driving cab at each end.
British locomotives, like most European ones, are double-ended, general purpose machines, intended to be suitable for a variety of duties, and on occasion to work in multiple with each other.
1961 May, B. A. Haresnape, “Design on the railway: Part Three”, in Trains Illustrated, page 303 - not comparablerail transportHaving a driver at each end.
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of double-end
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