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Third-rail system

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Third-rail system \Third-rail system\ (Electric Railways)
   A system in which a third rail is used for carrying the
   current for operating the motors, the rail being insulated
   from the ground and the current being taken off by means of
   contact brushes or other devices.
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