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aerotrain
aerotrain n. 
/ˈɛroʊˌtreɪn/ [after French aérotrain (1965)] a high-speed train supported on an air cushion and guided by a track (constructed as a prototype and not brought into production).
Brit. /ˈɛːrə(ʊ)treɪn/
, /ˈɛːrə(ʊ)treɪn/U.S. /ˈɛrəˌtreɪn/
, /ˈɛrəˌtreɪn//ˈɛroʊˌtreɪn/ΘΚΠ
society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > train > train supported on air cushion
aerotrain1965
society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles according to means of motion > air cushion vehicle > [noun]
ACV1962
aerotrain1965
1965 Guardian 12 May 12/7 France is going ahead with a study of an ‘aerotrain’ system that would link cities at speeds of between 125 and 240 miles an hour... The train would ride on a monorail, suspended on a cushion of air of the Hovercraft kind.
1967 Jane's Surface Skimmer Syst. 1967–8 52 (caption) The experimental Aerotrain has attained 188 mph..over its 4.2 mile..long test track with the aid of a booster rocket.
1977 R. Whitaker Fodor's Railways of World 140 The aerotrain test track can be seen from the SNCF main line near Orleans.
1993 New Scientist 2 Oct. 37/3 He thought for a while about air-cushion vehicles, but the French were already building an ‘Aerotrain’ and so he turned to powerful superconducting magnets.
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