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tubeway en · NOUN

Etymology

From tube + way.

Meanings

  1. A system of interlinked tubes serving as a transport network.
    • The piezoelectric pedestrian tubeways depicted for Shanghai 2121 will provide all-weather pedestrian transportation citywide. 2016, Alan Marshall, Ecotopia 2121: A Vision for Our Future Green Utopia in 100 Cities:
    • As usual, he relished the order and tidiness of the Complex; the sterile unscented air, the empty white tubeways, the featureless blocks and cubes that lined the outer walls. 1995, Gareth Roberts, Zamper:

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