The Width of Railroad Tracks is based on a History that Extends Back to Roman Chariots-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: This story is a âWeâve always done it that wayâ tale. It says that the standard distance between railroad rails in the U.S. is four-feet, eight-and-a-half inches.
Noun. 1. naiveness-lack of sophistication or worldliness. naivete, naivety. quality-an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; the quality of mercy is not strained--Shakespeare.
Ignorance of a particular fact consists in this: that the mind, althoughsound and capable of healthy action, has never acted upon the fact in question,because the subject has never been brought to the notice of the perceptive faculties.Meeker v, Boylan, 28 N. J. Law, 274.Synonyms.