fleeting
An automatic operation mode of an absolute signal that reserves a route for several…An automatic operation mode of an absolute signal that reserves a route for several trains following one another, without the need for dispatcher to re-set the route for each train.
» Art is long, time is fleeting.
Час біжить - мистецтво вічне. — anastasishko
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1 senses(US, uncountable)An automatic operation mode of an absolute signal that reserves a route for several trains following one another, without the need for dispatcher to re-set the route for each train.
автодействиеavtodejstvije
Examples
43 sentencesArt is long, time is fleeting.
Час біжить - мистецтво вічне. — anastasishko
Beauty is a fleeting instant, an imaginary perfection – a sweet, dreamlike vision.
Краса — це плинна мить, уявний ідеал — солодка, примарна візія. — Ahha
Life is just a fleeting dream.
ruЖизнь - это всего лишь мимолетный сон. — Patissier
Is the soul eternal or fleeting?
Each moment is precious and fleeting.
Translations
1 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English fleten (“to float”), from Old English flēotan (“to float”), from ProtoFrom Middle English fleten (“to float”), from Old English flēotan (“to float”), from Proto-Germanic *fleutaną, from Proto-Indo-European *plewd-. By surface analysis, fleet + -ing.
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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable