Frame

A module of text on the World Wide Web, which is used to break up text that is hard to read on a computer screen. The unit of information transferred across a data link.

frame

Printing & publishing; Publishing

A newspaper layout pattern, with the outermost columns on opposite sides of a page, each containing a single story or complete article. Compare well, poster make-up.

leading wheel

Railways; Train parts

A non-driving wheel which is positioned ahead of the driving wheels.

traction rolling stock

Railways; Train parts

This group comprises the stock known generally as locomotives.

locomotive

Railways; Train parts

A locomotive is a railway vehicle that provides the motive power for a train by pulling from the front (as in its origins) or by pushing it from the bottom also.

driving wheel

Railways; Train parts

A wheel to which the power from the engine is trasmitted by various mechanical organs, such as rods or gears.

power plant

Railways; Train parts

It consists of a steam boiler in which water is converted into steam by the heat generated by the combustion of a fossil fuel (almost always coal) burned in a firebox.

non-driving wheel

Railways; Train parts

It transmits no power but helps in guiding the locomotive on the rails and in supporting and distributing weight.

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Boris Bike

The Boris Bike is part of a public bicycle hire scheme in London, UK which was introduced in 2010. The schemes actual name is Barclays Cycle Hire but ...