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third rail

1. The rail that supplies the high voltage to power a train on an electric railway.

2. A subject that tends to be avoided because of its offensive or controversial nature: "Social Security, the 'third rail' of American politics" (Charles Stein).

third rail

(Transport / Railways) an extra rail from which an electric train picks up current by means of a sliding collector to feed power to its motors

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third rail - a rail through which electric current is supplied to an electric locomotive

rails, runway, rail, track - a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll

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