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a circular arrangement constructed at the intersection of two or more roads in order to facilitate the passage of vehicles from one road to another. Also called rotary; Brit., roundabout.[1945-50]
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traffic circle — traffic .circle n AmE a circular place where two or more roads join, which all traffic must drive around British Equivalent: roundabout … Dictionary of contemporary English
traffic circle — traffic ,circle noun count AMERICAN a part of a road in the shape of a circle that other roads join. British roundabout … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
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traffic circle — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms traffic circle : singular traffic circle plural traffic circles American a roundabout I, 1) … English dictionary
Traffic Circle (Antarctica) — Traffic Circle (coord|68|37|S|66|0|W|) is a glacier filled expanse 500 m high, situated south of Mount Ptolemy and medially on Antarctic Peninsula between Marguerite Bay and Mobiloil Inlet. Hub Nunatak rises from the center of the Traffic Circle … Wikipedia
Traffic Circle, Long Beach, California — The Los Alamitos Traffic Circle, informally known as the Long Beach Traffic Circle (or just the Traffic Circle , since there are no other high volume traffic circles in Southern California), is a roundabout at the intersection of Lakewood… … Wikipedia
traffic circle — noun a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island the accident blocked all traffic at the rotary • Syn: ↑circle, ↑rotary, ↑roundabout • Hypernyms: ↑junction • Part Holonyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
traffic circle — An intersection of several roads where the traffic goes around a central circle and goes out another road. Although it is a rapid way of negotiating an intersection, many people are intimidated by it because of its unfamiliarity. The British term … Dictionary of automotive terms
traffic circle — An intersection, sometimes involving several streets, intended to facilitate traffic in moving from one street to another by being arranged and posted for movement of vehicles one way and in a circle. 7 Am J2d Auto § 203 … Ballentine's law dictionary
