Whyte classification

[ wahytklas uh fi-key shuhn, hwahyt ]

/ ˈwaɪt klæs ə fɪˌkeɪ ʃən, ʰwaɪt /

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noun

a system for classifying steam locomotives according to the total number of wheels on the front trucks, drivers, and rear trucks, in that order. For example, a Pacific locomotive is designated as 4-6-2.

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Origin of Whyte classification

After Frederic M. Whyte, engineer for the New York Central Railroad c1900, who devised the system

Words nearby Whyte classification

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How to use Whyte classification in a sentence

Yet much of the best new music defies genre classification; great artists take chances and cross boundaries.
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Still, Wallace said that no one at the meeting involving Fearey, which he also attended, raised classification concerns.
Fired From Los Alamos for Pushing Obama's Nuclear Agenda|Center for Public Integrity|July 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“The classification system, of course, is not supposed to be used for political purposes,” Bunn said.
Fired From Los Alamos for Pushing Obama's Nuclear Agenda|Center for Public Integrity|July 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But Doyle said Fearey never raised any concerns about classification.
Fired From Los Alamos for Pushing Obama's Nuclear Agenda|Center for Public Integrity|July 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST

On a date in Bryant Park, Nate mentions William Whyte, author of The Organization Man and later a student of intimate urban life.
How to Get Laid in Brooklyn a la Adelle Waldman’s Nifty Novel of Manners|Tom LeClair|July 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
His hero, Gulliver, discovers race after race of beings who typify the genera in his classification of mankind.
Gulliver's Travels|Jonathan Swift
In addition to the tolls and charges, the Acts usually contained a rough classification of goods to which they applied.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow
Here Whyte, representing the lady's name, is plainly a translation of Blaunche.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems|Geoffrey Chaucer
The insertion of whyte in l. 905, in the existing authorities, is surely a blunder, and I therefore have omitted it.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems|Geoffrey Chaucer
When the child entered the workhouse it passed out of its former classification and entered into an entirely different one.
English Poor Law Policy|Sidney Webb