slow-moving

English

Alternative forms

• slowmoving

Adjective

slow-moving (comparative slower-moving or more slow-moving, superlative slowest-moving or most slow-moving)

1. Moving slowly
   • 1960 February, “Talking of Trains”, in Trains Illustrated, page 67:

     The merchandise trains of the future will be able to pace the average day and night express without significant loss of track utilisation, but where quadruple track does not exist it may be necessary to seek alternative routes for the slower-moving coal and heavy mineral traffic.

   • 2020 June 17, “Network News: Werrington dive-under: TBM breaks through”, in Rail, page 20:

     Due to open by December 2021, it will enable slow-moving freight trains to travel on a dedicated route beneath the ECML, eliminating the need for them to traverse the three running lines of the ECML on the level.

2. Of or relating to a situation in which events unfold in slow succession
3. That is sold slowly (of a product)

Translations

travelling at a slow speed

• Maori: pūtumu, taitu