"flying meet" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: flying meets [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} flying meet (plural flying meets)
  1. (rail transport) The carefully-timed situation in which two opposing trains on a nominally single-track line meet at a siding and are able to pass each other without stopping, because they have reached the siding simultaneously. Categories (topical): Rail transportation
    Sense id: en-flying_meet-en-noun-dfjQHoFJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport

Inflected forms

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