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TRAFFIC BOTTLENECK

Specialty Definition: TRAFFIC BOTTLENECK

DomainDefinition

Building & Civil Engineering

A constriction along a travelled way which limits the amount of traffic which can proceed downstream from its location. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: TRAFFIC BOTTLENECK

Language Translations for "TRAFFIC BOTTLENECK"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

vejindsnævring (bottleneck), flaskehals (bottleneck). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

verkeersknelpunt (bottleneck), knelpunt (abashment, embarrassment, perplexity), flessehals (bottleneck), bottleneck in het verkeer (bottleneck). (various references)

   

French

  

goulot d'étranglement, goulot, goulet d'étranglement, goulet. (various references)

   

German

  

Verkehrsengpaß (bottleneck), Flaschenhals (bottleneck, neck of a bottle), Engstelle (bottleneck, constricted opening, constriction, constriction zone). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

κυκλοφοριακή στένωση (bottleneck), στένωση (batter, constriction, narrowing, obstruction, stenosis), μποτιλιάρισμα (gridlock, tailback, traffic jam). (various references)

   

Italian

  

strozzatura (bottleneck, narrowing, waist), strettoia (bottleneck, narrow, tricky), congestione di tipo "nodale", collo di strozzatura (bottleneck), "nodo" di congestione. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

affictray ottleneckbay

   

Spanish

  

tapón (cap, capful, cover, plug, stopper, stopple, tampion, tampon, wad, wadding), cuello de botella (bottleneck). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

flaskhals (bottleneck), avsmalning (taper). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: TRAFFIC BOTTLENECK

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-c-c-e-e-f-f-i-k-l-n-o-r-t-t-t"

-5 letters: contractible, retinotectal.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Translations: Modern
2. Anagrams
3. Bibliography


  

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