"detector bar" meaning in All languages combined

See detector bar on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: detector bars [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} detector bar (plural detector bars)
  1. (railways) A bar, connected with a switch, longer than the distance between any two consecutive wheels of a train, laid inside a rail and operated by the wheels so that the switch cannot be thrown until the entire train has passed the switch.
    Sense id: en-detector_bar-en-noun-5YcfZrxH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: railways, transport

Inflected forms

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