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Meaning of springborne | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

Supported by (mechanical) springs.

not-comparable

Examples

“The motors are attached to the bogie frames so as to be fully springborne, and drive through quills and flexible couplings to the wheels.”
“The Pullman trains are the first B.R. diesel multiple-units to have fully springborne traction motors, which employ a Brown Boveri spring drive to the road wheels.”

CEFR level

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