single-track

See also: singletrack and single track

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Adjective

single-track (not comparable)

  1. (rail transport) Having only a single track so that trains may only run in one direction at a time
    • 1942 February 1, “Pennsylvania Installs Centralized Traffic Control On 60.7 Miles of Single Track”, in Railway Signalling, Chicago, page 78:
    • 2013 March 1, “Fears for future of vital link between two train stations”, in The Kent and Sussex Courier, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, page 14:
    • 2016 February 18, Peter Le Feuvre, “Letter to the editor”, in The Daily Telegraph, page 17:
  2. (education) Having a single curriculum or other educational approach for all students.
    Antonyms: dual-track, streaming (noun)
    • 2003 April 19, Paul Strickland, “Single-track Montessori on hold until 2004”, in Prince George Citizen, Prince George, British Columbia, page 3:
    • 2006 April 15, “Our voice”, in The Desert Sun, Palm Springs, California, page B10:

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