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Meaning of dynamometer car | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A piece of railway rolling stock used to measure various aspects of a locomotive's performance.

Examples

“Wide open, a 4000 consumed up to 22 tons of coal and 100,000 pounds of water an hour and produced in one authenticated dynamometer-car test 6290 drawbar horsepower at 41.4 miles per hour.”
“More trials of diesel locomotives with fitted mineral trains have been observed. On October 31 a Brush Type 2, No. D5834, was seen on the Doncaster-Scunthorpe line with dynamometer car and 32 loaded wagons.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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