Catadrome

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Catadrome \Cat"a*drome\, n. [Gr. kata`dromos race course; kata`
     down + dro`mos course.]
     1. A race course.
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     2. (Mach.) A machine for raising or lowering heavy weights.


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