Rollability
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The quality of being rollable. uncountable
"Like Tees, Tyne and Healey Mills are semi-automatic in operation, in that the hump operator personally controls the secondary retarders, on which he selects one of six leaving speeds, based on his judgment of a cut's rollability and speed and the degree of siding occupation on its destined route."
Example
More examples"Like Tees, Tyne and Healey Mills are semi-automatic in operation, in that the hump operator personally controls the secondary retarders, on which he selects one of six leaving speeds, based on his judgment of a cut's rollability and speed and the degree of siding occupation on its destined route."
Etymology
From roll + -ability.
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