push-pull
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Adjective[edit]
push-pull (not comparable)
- Operated by pushing and pulling.
- 1946, George Johnston, Skyscrapers in the Mist, page 35:
- I thought he was rather foolish when he selected the revolving door instead of taking the orthodox push-pull door at the side.
- (rail transport) Operating with locomotives at both the head and rear of a train.
- 2019 October, Rhodri Clark, “TfW seeks PRM derogation for Class 37 sets”, in Modern Railways, page 87:
- The coaches require modifications, including work to ensure they can work in push-pull mode with Class 67 locos.
- Having two electronic devices in opposite phase.
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- “push-pull”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.