"train track" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: train tracks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} train track (plural train tracks)
  1. A railroad track; a railway track. Categories (topical): Rail transportation Derived forms: train track braces
    Sense id: en-train_track-en-noun-O4jMk31K Disambiguation of Rail transportation: 77 23 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 67 33 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 78 22 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 71 29
  2. (topology) A set of curves lying in a surface, meeting one another at their respective endpoints in a specific way that resembles railroad tracks. Categories (topical): Topology
    Sense id: en-train_track-en-noun-QNNV~o61 Topics: mathematics, sciences, topology

Inflected forms

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