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sidespor — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • siding noun Material used to cover and protect the outer walls of a building.
  • tangent noun A straight line that touches a curve at exactly one point without crossing it.

Senses

sidespor is used for these senses in English:

  • siding (rail transport) A second, relatively short length of track just to the side of a railroad track, joined to the main track by switches at one or both ends, used either for loading or unloading freight, storing trains or other rail vehicles; or to allow two trains on a same track to meet (opposite directions) or pass (same direction) (the latter sense is probably an American definition).
  • tangent A topic nearly unrelated to the main topic, but having a point in common with it.

siding — full definition

  1. noun Material used to cover and protect the outer walls of a building.
  2. noun A short section of railway track next to the main line, used for parking or passing trains.

tangent — full definition

  1. noun A straight line that touches a curve at exactly one point without crossing it.
  2. noun A sudden shift to a topic only loosely related to what was being discussed.

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