SPAD

See also: spad, spád, späd, spað, and spáð

English
a three-aspect railway signal at danger

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈspæd/
  • Rhymes: -æd

Phrase

SPAD

  1. (rail transport, Britain) Initialism of signal passed at danger.

Noun

SPAD (plural SPADs)

  1. (rail transport, Britain) an instance of a signal passed at danger
  2. (politics, Britain) A special adviser
  3. (plant science) a relative measurement of the amount of chlorophyll present in a leaf based on measurements with a SPAD meter produced by Minolta

Verb

SPAD (third-person singular simple present SPADs, present participle SPADing, simple past and past participle SPADed)

  1. (rail transport, Britain) to pass a signal at danger

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