stringline

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adjective

Describing a derailment typically occurring when a train having improperly distributed weight starts or accelerates on sharply curving track

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Meanings

adjectivestringline (not comparable)
  1. not comparablerail transportDescribing a derailment typically occurring when a train having improperly distributed weight starts or accelerates on sharply curving track
verbstringline (third-person singular simple present stringlines, present participle stringlining, simple past and past participle stringlined)

present singular third person stringlines · participle present stringlining · participle past stringlined · past stringlined

  1. rail transportTo derail on sharply curving track, usually due to incorrectly distributed weight

    The train stringlined on a curve when the engineer increased power at the front.

    2007 July 11, Allan Dowd, “CN Rail criticized by Canadian derailment probe”, in Reuters

Origin

From string + line.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

linestring
Cite this entry
APA

stringline. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stringline

MLA

“stringline.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stringline. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stringline,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stringline.

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