"test track" meaning in English

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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "langcode": "en",
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      "glosses": [
        "A paved track on which road vehicles can be tested."
      ],
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      "links": [
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        [
          "paved",
          "paved"
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        "(automotive) A paved track on which road vehicles can be tested."
      ],
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        "automotive",
        "transport",
        "vehicles"
      ]
    },
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          "name": "Rail transportation",
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            "Fundamental"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1961 March, “Talking of Trains: Hunting bogies”, in Trains Illustrated, page 136",
          "text": "Research would be facilitated if a test track of suitable length and characteristics for coach running tests at speeds up to \"90 m.p.h.-plus\" were on offer, as there are obvious difficulties in making available a regularly used main line for such purposes; but B.T.C. plans in this respect have apparently suffered under the economy axe.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 November 29, Philip Haigh, “New Piccadilly Line trains put to the test”, in RAIL, number 997, page 26",
          "text": "The dynamic tests at Wildenrath use continuous test tracks built on the site of a former Royal Air Force station that was vacated after the end of the Cold War.",
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        "A railway track for the purpose of testing trains."
      ],
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          "railway track",
          "railway track"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rail transport) A railway track for the purpose of testing trains."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "rail-transport",
        "railways",
        "transport"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "test track"
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
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        "A paved track on which road vehicles can be tested."
      ],
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        "(automotive) A paved track on which road vehicles can be tested."
      ],
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        "automotive",
        "transport",
        "vehicles"
      ]
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        "en:Rail transportation"
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          "ref": "1961 March, “Talking of Trains: Hunting bogies”, in Trains Illustrated, page 136",
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        },
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          "ref": "2023 November 29, Philip Haigh, “New Piccadilly Line trains put to the test”, in RAIL, number 997, page 26",
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          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A railway track for the purpose of testing trains."
      ],
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        "(rail transport) A railway track for the purpose of testing trains."
      ],
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