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Definition of Half track
1. Noun. A motor vehicle propelled by half tracks; frequently used by the military.
Category relationships: Armed Forces, Armed Services, Military, Military Machine, War Machine
2. Noun. A track that goes around only rear wheels.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Half Track
Literary usage of Half track
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Military Dictionary (1987)
"One of the two endless belts on which a full-track or half-track vehicle runs.
7. A metal part forming a path for a moving object, eg, the track around the ..."
2. The Six-chord Spiral by John Rittenhouse Stephens (1907)
"Track parabola 8°, } = 2° on tangent half. Track parabola 8°, f = 6° on main
curve half. In all spiral running it is important to keep a watch on the total ..."
3. SAS 9.1.3 [sic.] Companion for Z/OS. by SAS Institute, SAS Publishing (2004)
"However, for some DASD controller configurations, half-track blocking performs
nearly as well as a 6K block size for random access. Half-track blocking ..."
4. Green Light!: Men of the 81st Troop Carrier Squadron Tell Their Story by Martin Wolfe (1989)
"We were forced to run with these cans over to a German half-track with a heavy gun.
This half-track would go from one German artillery point to another and ..."
5. Construction and Maintenance of Railway Roadbed and Track by Frederick John Prior (1907)
"4.617° 1^=2.31° on main curve half. Six " 6.926° 2/7=1.98° on tangent half. "
6.926° 5/7=4-95° on main curve half. Track parabola 8° J4=2° on tangent half. ..."