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camion

WordNet
  1. (n) camion
    a low heavy horse cart without sides; used for haulage
  2. (n) camion
    a large truck designed to carry heavy loads; usually without sides
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. (n) camion
    A truck or wagon used for transporting cannon.
Usage in the news

Camion Patrick may have found a new home, at least, academically. knoxnews.com

Dave Hooker chats with Tennessee wide receiver commit Camion Patrick (Lenoir City, Tenn./Lenoir City) about the latest in his recruitment. espn.go.com

Usage in scientific papers

The first one tests the square submatrices using the criterion of Camion , according to which a matrix A is t.u. if and only if, for every square submatrix A(cid:48) of A with even row and column sums, the sum of the entries of A(cid:48) is divisible by 4.
Implementation of a Unimodularity Test

Usage in literature

C'etait sur le boulevard; une lourde voiture vide, moitie charrette, moitie camion, s'avancait lentement. "Histoires grises" by E. Edouard Tavernier

After lunch we stood for some time watching the unending stream of camions proceeding into Verdun. "The White Road to Verdun" by Kathleen Burke

The German guns caught a train of ammunition camions and smashed things up pretty badly. "Ruth Fielding at the War Front" by Alice B. Emerson

Roaring with heavy wheels, grinding with gears, throbbing with motors, camion after camion went by, slowly, stridently. "One Man's Initiation--1917" by John Dos Passos

At ten o'clock he opened hot fire with the camion and with muskets. "Boys' Book of Indian Warriors" by Edwin L. Sabin

In the camion sat Sheila O'Leary, late of the old San and later yet of the American Military Hospital No. "Leerie" by Ruth Sawyer

Doughboys rarely thought to give a word of praise to the men of the big camions. "The Iron Division, National Guard of Pennsylvania, in the World War" by H. G. Proctor

Outside, all night long, there thundered the rumbling passage of the artillery and camions. "Home Fires in France" by Dorothy Canfield

Sometimes the camions slithered in the mud till they came to a stop in the gutter. "Our Army at the Front" by Heywood Broun

Artillery, transport camions, soldiers, and refugees blocked the way. "With the Doughboy in France" by Edward Hungerford