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CAR TRAFFIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does car traffic mean?
• CAR TRAFFIC (noun)
The noun CAR TRAFFIC has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: CAR TRAFFIC used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cars coming and going
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
automobile traffic; car traffic
Hypernyms ("car traffic" is a kind of...):
vehicle traffic; vehicular traffic (the aggregation of vehicles coming and going in a particular locality)
Context examples
The researchers also estimated exposures to ozone and fine inhalable particles (PM2.5), two pollutants produced by car traffic.
(Kids living near major roads at higher risk of developmental delays, National Institutes of Health)
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