💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Bufferbeam"
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| Word | Definition |
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| buffer beamnoun | (rail transport) A transverse metal beam at each end of a rail vehicle on which buffers, couplings, brake pipes etc. are mounted. |
| buffernoun | (computing) A portion of memory set aside to temporarily store data, often before it is sent to an external device or as it is received from an external device. |
| fender beamnoun | A fender protecting a ship's side in dock. |
| buffer stopnoun | (rail transport, UK) a device installed at the end of a railway line or siding, which is intended to stop trains and other rail vehicles going any further. |
| pilot beamnoun | (rail transport, US) a transverse beam at the end of a locomotive which carries the pilot or cowcatcher. |
| working beamnoun | Alternative form of walking beam. [In a vertical engine, a horizontal beam, usually trussed, that transmits power to the crankshaft through the connecting-rod.] |
| equalising beamnoun | (British spelling, mechanical engineering) A steel beam linking the suspension of two or more adjacent axles of a vehicle with at least two axles, especially on railway locomotive bogies. |
| shoebeamnoun | (rail transport) A beam of non-conductive material (usually fibreglass or wood), attached to a train bogey that supports the pickup shoe. |
| trainpipenoun | Alternative form of train pipe. [(rail transport) A brake pipe on a rail vehicle through which compressed air or vacuum is passed to operate the brakes throughout a train.] |
| bolsternoun | (figurative) That which supports or promotes; a catalyst. |
| drawbarnoun | (road transport) A device to couple a powered road vehicle to a load to transfer tractive effort to the load, either as a push or as a pull. |
| buffet carnoun | (rail transport) A railway carriage in which food and drink can be bought at a counter, and either taken to another carriage or consumed at the seating provided. |
| beamtrainnoun | (physics) The connected beams of light in an interferometer or similar device. |
| beamnoun | A broad smile. |
| bow collectornoun | (rail transport) A form of current collector in the shape of a bow or loop mounted on the roof of a train or tram. |
| coupling rodnoun | (rail transport) A rod that couples the driving wheels of a locomotive, a steam locomotive in particular, so that the driving wheels act together as a unit. |
| walking beamnoun | In a vertical engine, a horizontal beam, usually trussed, that transmits power to the crankshaft through the connecting-rod. |
| brake pipenoun | Alternative form of brakepipe. [(rail transport, mechanical engineering) A continuous pipe or hose filled with high-pressure air and running the length of a train, used to recharge the train's brake reservoirs with compressed air and to control the train's air brakes through changes in its internal air pressure.] |
| buffnoun | Undyed leather from the skin of buffalo or similar animals. |
| bridging platenoun | A metal plate used to bridge a gap between a lorry or truck and a loading bay (or between two vehicles) for loading and unloading purposes. |
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