Definition of Guideway

1. Noun. A track along which automated transit vehicles are guided ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Guideway

1. a track for controlling the line of motion of something [n -WAYS]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Guideway

guided tissue regeneration
guideless
guidelike
guideline
guideline adherence
guidelineless
guidelines
guidepost
guideposts
guider
guideress
guideresses
guiders
guides
guideth
guideway (current term)
guideways
guidewheel
guidewheels
guidewire
guideword
guidewords
guidguid
guiding
guiding centre
guiding light
guidingly
guidings
guidon
guidons

Literary usage of Guideway

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. New Ways: Tiltrotor Aircraft and Magnetically Levitated Vehicles (1992)
"EMS maglev relies on magnetic attraction between the vehicle-mounted electromagnets and the underside of the guideway. The lower portion of the vehicle ..."

2. Defense Conversion: Redirecting R&Dby DIANE Publishing Company by DIANE Publishing Company (1994)
"Electromagnets on the train are attracted to the metal guideway from below; in practice, the sides of the train wrap around underneath the guideway beneath ..."

3. Elevators: A Practical Treatise on the Development and Design of Hand, Belt by John H. Jallings (1918)
"... STRUCTURE guideway CONSTRUCTION Speed Factor. In the earlier days when the elevator was not such a complicated machine as it is at the present time, ..."

4. Directory of Transportation Data Sources (1996)by Sarah Maccalous by Sarah Maccalous (1998)
"Mode Transit Abstract This publication contains individual transit system and urbanized area fixed guideway data for the US and Canada. ..."

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