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SINGLE-TRACK

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sin⋅gle-track

[sing-guhl-trak]
–adjective
1. (of a railroad or section of a railroad's route) having but one set of tracks, so that trains going in opposite directions must be scheduled to meet only at points where there are sidings.
2. having a narrow scope; one-track: He has a single-track mind.

Origin:
1825–35, Americanism
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sin·gle-track   (sĭng'gəl-trāk')
adj.  
  1. Having just one track.

  2. Lacking mental range or flexibility; one-track: a single-track mind.

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