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# {{lb|en|rail transport|UK}} an instance of a signal passed at danger
# {{lb|en|rail transport|UK}} an instance of a signal passed at danger
# {{lb|en|politics}} A [[w:Special advisers (UK government)|special adviser]]
# {{lb|en|UK politics|informal}} {{alt form|en|spad||special advisor in government}}
# {{lb|en|plant science}} a relative measurement of the amount of [[chlorophyll]] present in a leaf based on measurements with a SPAD meter produced by [[wikipedia:Minolta|Minolta]]
# {{lb|en|plant science}} a relative measurement of the amount of [[chlorophyll]] present in a leaf based on measurements with a SPAD meter produced by [[wikipedia:Minolta|Minolta]]



Revision as of 19:41, 13 February 2022

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

English

a three-aspect railway signal at danger

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 376: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈspæd/
  • Rhymes: -æd

Phrase

SPAD

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

Noun

SPAD (plural SPADs)

  1. (rail transport, UK) an instance of a signal passed at danger
  2. (UK politics, informal) Alternative form of spad (special advisor in government)
  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, UK) to pass a signal at danger

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