factor of adhesion

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noun Railroads.

the ratio of the force that can be exerted on driving wheels with full traction to the weight on the driving wheels, usually expressed as a percentage.

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Also called adhesion, adhesive factor.

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But Lessard's a overbearin' son-of-a-gun all round, and he's always breakin' out in a new place.
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Mr. Asquith evidently has given in his adhesion to the new system of "colour adjectives."
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Mr. Slocum was not educated in a university, and his life has been in by-paths, and out-of-the-way places.
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The Spanish men-of-war, which were always painted white, had their colour changed to dark grey like the American ships.
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