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open access

noun

  1. uncountable A set of principles and practices through which research outputs are distributed online, free of access charges or other barriers. The amenities of the institute include a well-arranged open-access library of 18,000 volumes, and a small but valuable reference library of railway literature; the present writer is Librarian.

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  2. uncountable Public access to infrastructure, such as railways. Dominguez-González explained: "The Spanish market is no longer a monopolistic one, and there is great interest among both the existing open access operators and potential future ones in providing services on other lines."

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@misc{open_access_2026,
  title = {open access},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/open%20access},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}