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
- (rail transport, UK) Initialism of signal passed at danger.
- Coordinate term: SPAR
Noun
SPAD (plural SPADs)
- (rail transport, UK) An instance of a signal passed at danger.
- (UK politics, informal) Alternative form of spad (“special advisor in government”)
- (plant science) A relative measurement of the amount of chlorophyll present in a leaf, based on measurements with a SPAD meter produced by Minolta.
- (military) Initialism of self-propelled air defense; a self-propelled anti-aircraft vehicle.
Verb
SPAD (third-person singular simple present SPADs, present participle SPADing, simple past and past participle SPADed)
- (rail transport, UK) To pass a signal at danger.
Related terms
- danger signal
Anagrams
- APDS, ASPD, PDAs, SaPD, daps, pads