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  2. Deadheading - Wikipedia

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    Deadheading can refer to the following: Dead mileage, the movement of commercial vehicles in non-revenue mode for logistical reasons; Deadheading (flowers), the pruning of dead flower heads; Deadheading (employee), carrying, free of charge, a transport company's own staff on a normal passenger trip

  3. Deadheading (flowers) - Wikipedia

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    Deadheading is a widespread form of pruning, [1] since fading flowers are not as appealing and direct a lot of energy into seed development if pollinated. [2] The goal of deadheading is thus to preserve the attractiveness of the plants in beds, borders, containers and hanging baskets, as well as to encourage

  4. Dead mileage - Wikipedia

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    A Transperth bus is doing a dead mileage run back to the depot, so the destination sign reads "Not in Service 000".. Dead mileage, dead running, light running, empty cars or deadheading in public transport and empty leg in air charter is when a revenue-gaining vehicle operates without carrying or accepting passengers, such as when coming from a garage to begin its first trip of the day.

  5. Deadheading (employee) - Wikipedia

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    Deadheading is the practice of carrying, free of charge, a transport company's own staff on a normal passenger trip so that they can be in the right place to begin their duties. In United States railway usage, the term may also be used for movement of train crews to or from a train using another means of vehicular transportation, [ 1 ] as ...

  6. Deadhead (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    A Deadhead or Dead head is a fan of the American jam band the Grateful Dead. Deadhead or Dead Head may also refer to: Music. Dead Head (band), a Dutch thrash metal ...

  7. Glossary of rail transport terms - Wikipedia

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    Rail transport terms are a form of technical terminology applied to railways. Although many terms are uniform across different nations and companies, they are by no means universal, with differences often originating from parallel development of rail transport systems in different parts of the world, and in the national origins of the engineers and managers who built the inaugural rail ...

  8. Deadhead - Wikipedia

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    Deadhead Day is a globally celebrated holiday in honor of the Grateful Dead, the music they created and the culture of Deadhead fandom. Deadhead Day is celebrated each July 9th to commemorate the Grateful Dead's final concert performed at Soldier Field in Chicago, Illinois in 1995.

  9. Dead reckoning - Wikipedia

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    The navigator plots their 9 a.m. position, indicated by the triangle, and, using their course and speed, estimates their own position at 9:30 and 10 a.m. In navigation , dead reckoning is the process of calculating the current position of a moving object by using a previously determined position, or fix , and incorporating estimates of speed ...