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Definition of Tramcar

1. Noun. A four-wheeled wagon that runs on tracks in a mine. "A tramcar carries coal out of a coal mine"

2. Noun. A wheeled vehicle that runs on rails and is propelled by electricity.

Definition of Tramcar

1. Noun. A streetcar. ¹

2. Noun. A rail vehicle for carrying loads in a mine; a tram. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tramcar

1. a streetcar [n -S] - See also: streetcar

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tramcar

tram tram driver tram drivers tram lines tram route tram stop tram track trama tramadol tramadols

tramazoline hydrochloride tramble trambled trambles trambling tramcar (current term) tramcars tramel trameled trameling

tramell tramelled tramelling tramells tramels tramless tramline tramlines trammed trammel

Literary usage of Tramcar

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Electrical Engineer (1892)
"ELECTRIC tramcar TRACTION. Twelve months ago I had the pleasure of reading a paper before you upon that method of electrical traction that bears my name, ..."

2. The Scots Digest of the Cases Decided in the Supreme Courts of Scotland: And by John Condie Stewart Sandeman (1905)
"General — tramcar — Passenger. — A laundress placed a basket of clothes ... General—tramcar—Passenger alighting from when in Motion—Contributory Negligence. ..."

3. Palmer's Index to "The Times" Newspaper (1889)
"Distribution of Prices, I •> 9 / tramcar Starter— Ver. ker and Ventes 'e Invention. 3D j 4 / Tramways Employes Union, ..."

4. Electric Traction: A Treatise on the Application of Electric Power to by Alfred Thomas Dover (1917)
"... during the initial period of acceleration of a train or tramcar, the tractive-effort exerted by the motors is considerably greater than that exerted ..."

5. Electric Lighting and Power Distribution: An Elementary Manual of Electrical by William Perren Maycock (1903)
"Typical tramcar Motor, 130. tramcar Controller, 131. Power required to drive Trams, etc., 132. Electric Cars, 133. Applications of Motors, 134. ..."

6. My American Diary by Clare Sheridan (1922)
"The streets in this district being thronged, there is perfect traffic superintendence, and the tramcar has its terminus in this very midst. ..."

7. Electric Transmission of Energy and Its Transformation, Subdivision, and by Gisbert Kapp (1886)
"... Electric tramcar—Comparative Estimates for Horse Traction and Electric Traction. THE discovery of the principle that mechanical energy may be ..."

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