R/T
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Noun
[edit]R/T (uncountable)
- Radiotelephone; radiotelegraph.
- 1953, Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye, Penguin 2010, p. 18:
- I had no mental picture at all of Terry Lennox loafing around one of the swimming pools in Bermuda shorts and phoning the butler by R/T to ice the champagne and get the grouse a-toasting.
- 1953, Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye, Penguin 2010, p. 18:
Adjective
[edit]R/T (not comparable)
- (automotive) Initialism of road and track.; used to indicate a high performance edition of a vehicle or part, capable of use for everyday driving as well as amateur racing.
- (automotive) Initialism of road and terrain.; used to indicate a ruggedized version of a part, capable of on-road performance and off-road track/terrain performance.
- (automotive, tires) Initialism of rugged-terrain.; a type of all-terrain tire (A/T) with better off-road and on-road performance (similar to M/T and H/T respectively).
Coordinate terms
[edit](Tires/Tyres):