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Headway
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WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Headway
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1.
motion in a forward direction
the vessel made no headway
2.
progress or rate of progress
he made no headway with the problem
3. another name for headroom
4.
the distance or time between consecutive trains, buses, etc, on the same route
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Headway
see synonyms of headway noun
1.
forward motion
2.
progress or success in work, etc.
3.
headroom
4. US
the difference in time or distance between two trains, ships, etc. traveling in the same direction
over the same course
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Headway
see synonyms of headwayn.
1. Forward movement or the rate of forward movement, especially of a ship.
2. Progress toward a goal.
3. The clear vertical space beneath a ceiling or archway; clearance.
4. The distance in time or space that separates two vehicles traveling the same route.
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