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detector bar

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detector bar (plural detector bars)

  1. (railways) A bar, connected with a switch, longer than the distance between any two consecutive wheels of a train, laid inside a rail and operated by the wheels so that the switch cannot be thrown until the entire train has passed the switch.
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