Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

centralised traffic control

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.92 in modern English

Syllables: cen-tralised -traf-fic -con-trol
IPA

38

Scrabble Score

25

Letters

6

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A form of railway signalling that does away with intermediate signallers over a long stretch of track, often single track with loops where trains can pass each other, by remote control from one location.

British usage; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"A sixty-mile section of the Central Wales Line of the Western Region, from Craven Arms to Llandovery, mainly single track, is to be equipped for centralised traffic control."

Usage

British usage
Uncountable

Inflected Forms

centralized traffic control (alternative)

Synonyms

CTC

Questions

What does centralised traffic control mean?: A form of railway signalling that does away with intermediate signallers over a long stretch of track, often single track with loops where trains can pass each other, by remote control from one location.

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