"rack railway" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: rack railways [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} rack railway (plural rack railways)
  1. (rail transport) A railway that uses a rack and pinion mechanism. Synonyms: cog railway, cogroad, cogway, rack-and-pinion railway Translations (railway that uses a rack and pinion mechanism): зъбчата железница (zăbčata železnica) [feminine] (Bulgarian), tren cremallera [masculine] (Catalan), cremallera [masculine] (Catalan), 齒軌 /齿轨 (chǐguǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 齒軌鐵路 /齿轨铁路 (chǐguǐ tiělù) (Chinese Mandarin), zubačka (Czech), ozubená dráha (Czech), ozubnicová dráha (Czech), hammasrata (Finnish), chemin de fer à crémaillère [masculine] (French), Zahnradbahn (German), fogaskerekű (Hungarian), ferrovia a cremagliera [feminine] (Italian), ラック式鉄道 (rakku-shiki tetsudō) (Japanese), 랙식 철도 (raek-sik cheoldo) (Korean), kolej zębata [feminine] (Polish), зубчатая железная дорога (zubčataja železnaja doroga) [feminine] (Russian), ferrocarril de cremallera [masculine] (Spanish)

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