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

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

   Coordinate term: SPAR

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.
4. (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)

1. (rail transport, UK) To pass a signal at danger.

Related terms

• danger signal

Anagrams

• APDS, ASPD, PDAs, SaPD, daps, pads

Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspad/, [ˈspat̪]

Proper noun

SPAD

1. (transport) Acronym of Suruhanjaya Pengangkutan Awam Darat (“Land Public Transport Commission”), a public transport regulatory agency in Malaysia