What does RAILS mean?

Definitions for RAILS
rails

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. track, rail, rails, runwaynoun

    a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll

ChatGPT

  1. rails

    Rails refers to a framework that is used to build web applications. It is a software library that extends the Ruby programming language, streamlining web application development with default structures for databases, webpages, and web services. "Rails" also commonly refers to tracks for trains, with steel bars providing a surface for wheels to move on. Therefore, the general definition could vary based on context.

Wikidata

  1. rails

    filler description

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. rails

    Narrow pieces of wood, with mouldings as ornaments, mortised into the heads of stanchions, or nailed for ornament on several parts of a ship's upper works.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. rails

    See Ordnance, Carriages for, Sea-coast Carriages.

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Anagrams for RAILS »

  1. rials

  2. lairs

  3. liars

  4. arils

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of RAILS in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of RAILS in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of RAILS in a Sentence

  1. Nancy Pelosi:

    Let me just say how very, very dismaying and disappointing that the chief law enforcement officer of our country is going off the rails, yesterday and today, he is the attorney general of the United States of America, not the attorney general of Donald Trump.

  2. Pete Buttigieg:

    I don't think that you are free in this country if your reproductive health can be criminalized by government, to see in Alabama that if someone is raped and California Sen. Kamala Harris seeks an abortion, the doctor who treats California Sen. Kamala Harris will be penalized with a longer prison term than California Sen. Kamala Harris rapist makes me question whether the discussion about freedom in this country has gone off the rails.

  3. Jim Kessler:

    I think there's an exhausted majority out there, looking for something bold but normal, it's putting guard rails around capitalism, it's not rejecting capitalism and doing a demolition job.

  4. Robyn Gershon:

    I notice a lot of people holding on the rails using their arms that are covered instead of their hands — like in the crook of the arm.

  5. Wesley D'Amico :

    If you want to go off the rails, you need to get wings.”

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