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Meaning of slow speed control | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

An electronic device fitted to locomotives which enables them to operate at a very slow speed when their train is loaded or unloaded on the move.

Examples

“Slow-speed control was fitted to Class 37/7s in South Wales, to permit diagramming on the coal circuits between pit and power station.”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

slow steaming slow street slow study slow television slow time slow train