headway

(hedwā′)

noun

  1. forward motion
  2. progress or success in work, etc.
  3. headroom
  4. ☆ the difference in time or distance between two trains, ships, etc. traveling in the same direction over the same course

See headway in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. Forward movement or the rate of forward movement, especially of a ship.
  2. Progress toward a goal.
  3. The clear vertical space beneath a ceiling or archway; clearance.
  4. The distance in time or space that separates two vehicles traveling the same route.

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