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Princeton's WordNet
track, rail, rails, runwaynoun
a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll
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rails
Rails refers to a framework that is used to build web applications. It is a software library that extends the Ruby programming language, streamlining web application development with default structures for databases, webpages, and web services. "Rails" also commonly refers to tracks for trains, with steel bars providing a surface for wheels to move on. Therefore, the general definition could vary based on context.
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rails
filler description
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
rails
Narrow pieces of wood, with mouldings as ornaments, mortised into the heads of stanchions, or nailed for ornament on several parts of a ship's upper works.
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
rails
See Ordnance, Carriages for, Sea-coast Carriages.
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rials
lairs
liars
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of rails in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of rails in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of rails in a Sentence
Trains don't fly. What prevents you from flying isn't the weight, it's the rails.
Rails that kiss derail; Rails that deviate, too. (Rails qui s'embrassent déraillent; Rails qui s'écartent de même)”
If your kid is going off the rails, and that means they are acting extremely bizarrely, they are totally different than they were before, they're not functioning, it's an emergency, and the best thing you can do is push, push, push to get your kid the best care you can find and as quickly as possible.
A steam locomotive engineer is referred as a 'hogger'; Does this reference have to do with his 'lapping-up' many miles over the silver rails?
If you have a vehicle that's not riding the rails, but on the shoulder or across the rails or on rubber tires alone and you don't allow the circuit to know you're there, you're outside the PTC system.
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