Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

4-8-2

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: 5.22 in modern English

Syllables: 4-8-2
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Letters

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Meaning

noun

Under the Whyte notation system, a steam locomotive that has four leading wheels arranged in a leading truck, eight coupled driving wheels and two trailing wheels in a trailing truck.

Example Sentences

"Most Canadian engines are black. [...] The C.N.R. has only three classes of non-black engines, the "6400s", the later 4-8-2s and the 4-6-4s."

Inflected Forms

4-8-2s (plural)

Questions

What does 4-8-2 mean?: Under the Whyte notation system, a steam locomotive that has four leading wheels arranged in a leading truck, eight coupled driving wheels and two trailing wheels in a trailing truck.

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