jackknifing
present participle ofjackknife
jackknife
verb[I]
uk/ˈdʒæk.naɪf/us/ˈdʒæk.naɪf/If atruckthat has twopartsjackknifes, onepartmovesaround sofartowards the otherpartthat it cannot bedriven:
Theoiltankerjackknifed afterskiddingon theice.
On the road: accidents involving vehicles
- anti-collision
- bird strike
- brake
- car crash
- crash-landing
- cropper
- derail
- derailment
- overshoot
- prang
- rear-end
- road toll
- roadkill
- RTA
- rubbernecking
- run(something)intosomething/someone
- runsomeone/somethingdown
- sideswipe
- smash
- stack
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Single locus values were obtained byjackknifingover populations and overall values byjackknifingover loci.
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The number of accidents in whichjackknifingoccurred was 447 in 1973.
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Other action under consideration includes the introduction of new requirements for braking to reduce the risks ofjackknifing.
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This does not of course mean thatjackknifingwas necessarily a cause of these accidents.
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Jackknifingwas not necessarily the cause of these accidents.
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But it should be pointed out that not all the 211 deaths were the result ofjackknifing, but just with articulated vehicles.
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Is he aware that there are an increasing number of accidents byjackknifingof these articulated vehicles, many of them travelling greatly in excess of the speed limit?
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They have advanced safety systems, including specialized couplers designed to keep trains from rolling over,jackknifing, or derailing during a collision.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Theoretically this was a sure way to preventjackknifing, but truck drivers will have noticed the recent disappearance of this lever from their cabs.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Jackknifingand bootstrapping, well-known statistical resampling procedures, have been employed with parsimony analysis.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This is not the same asjackknifingand is not as serious since the trailer moves back into line as the vehicle continues forwards.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Additionally, the hitch's location in the pickup's bed reduces the risk ofjackknifingand allows for more maneuverability when backing.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This disadvantage is usually the argument favoring bootstrapping overjackknifing.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Azim's stress problems prove to be his undoing once again, and he gives up after repeatedlyjackknifingat the halfway point.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.After the first accident occurred at 3:10 a.m., a second tractor-trailer, who had stopped because of the tanker, rolled in reverse,jackknifingacross the road and hitting a car.
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