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Traffic Control

Definition: Traffic Control

Traffic Control

Noun

1. Control of the flow of traffic in a building or a city.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: Traffic Control

Synonyms: Traffic engineering, Traffic regulations. (additional references)

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Crosswords: Traffic Control

Specialty definitions using "traffic control": A.T.C., accepting controller, accepting unit, adaptative control, air traffic control, AIRLINE-RADIO OPERATOR, airport-control operator, AIR-TRAFFIC-CONTROL SPECIALIST, STATION, AIR-TRAFFIC-CONTROL SPECIALIST, TOWER, approach control office, area control centrecombat control team, CONDUCTOR, ROAD FREIGHT, control-tower-radio operatordemand responsive control, dynamic controlFLAGGER, FLIGHT OPERATIONS SPECIALIST, flight-control-tower operatorlocal traffic access planpositive control, pre-timed signal, protection chief, industrial plantreal time traffic control, regional traffic controlSDL, security manager, signal control, stop altitude squawk, strategic control, SUPERINTENDENT, PLANT PROTECTION, supervised routetactical control, traffic control signaler, TRAFFIC SERGEANT, TRAFFIC TECHNICIANverify direction of takeoff. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Traffic Control

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References

  • Air Traffic Control Equipment in Russia: A Strategic Entry Report, 1995 (reference)

  • Railroad Traffic Control Systems in Switzerland: A Strategic Entry Report, 1996 (reference)

  • The World Market for Electrical Signaling, Safety, or Traffic Control Equipment for Railways, Tramways, Roads, Waterways, Parking Facilities, and Port Installations: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference)

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Books

  • The Changeable-message concept of traffic control; report of a conference held July 15-16, 1971 (reference)

  • MUTCD 2000, Maunual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices(Millennium Edition) w/ 6/14/01 Errata and (Side by Side Comparison to 1998 edition) (reference)

  • Wireless ITS: Signalling Traffic Control and Information Systems [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference)

  • Traffic Control Devices, Visibility, & Traffic Signal Systems (Trr 1421) (reference)

  • Air Traffic Control Test Prep Study Guide (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  • Proceedings Of The Annual Air Traffic Control Association Fall Conference (reference)

  • Journal Of Air Traffic Control (reference)

    (more periodical examples)

  

High Tech

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

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Photo Album: Traffic Control

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Traffic control tower, Place de L'Opera. Credit: Library of Congress.

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

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Non-Fiction Usage: Traffic Control

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Health

Safety belts, air bags, infant and child car seats, as well as changes in speed limits, road design, and traffic control have reduced motor vehicle-related deaths and TBI. Additional preventive measures to reduce TBI caused by alcohol-related motor vehicle accidents should be developed and assessed. (references)

Business

It does not interface with the emergency services or with regional traffic control schemes. (references)

Overall, there is less domestic competition in supplying complex air traffic control systems. (references)

The authority also provides air traffic control services over the entire Indian airspace and adjoining oceanic areas. (references)

Economic History

Venezuela

The statistics given above do not include air traffic control equipment. (references)

Croatia

New air traffic control equipment has been installed in Zagreb, Split and Dubrovnik. (references)

Venezuela

The air traffic control system and navigational aids are operated by the Ministry of Infrastructure. (references)

Political Economy

UNITED KINGDOM

The recent establishment of a PPP for air traffic control was extremely controversial, and the public worries that similar schemes will be established in health and other services. (references)

Trade

Bulgaria

TDA has been active in Bulgaria with projects in energy, environment, transport, air traffic control, and telecommunications. (references)

Worker Rights

Kenya

Other civil servants, like their private sector counterparts, can strike following the 21-day notice period (28 days if it is an essential service, such as water, health, education, or air traffic control). (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Expressions: Traffic Control

Expressions using "traffic control": air traffic control air traffic control center air traffic control clearance air traffic control officer air traffic control service air traffic control tower air traffic control unit centralised traffic control centralized traffic control real time traffic control regional traffic control traffic control police traffic control tower urban traffic control. Additional references.

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

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Traffic Control

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

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390

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18

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158

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11

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104

air traffic control simulation

6

air traffic control simulator

54

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6

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46

air traffic control radio

5

air traffic control training

36

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4

air traffic control school

34

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4

listen air traffic control

34

online air traffic control

4

air traffic control radar

33

air traffic control screen saver

3

air traffic control job

26

jfk air traffic control

3

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26

military air traffic control

2

air traffic control tower

21

pedestrian traffic control

2

listen live air traffic control

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Traffic Control

Language Translations for "traffic control"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Arabic 

  

‏برج المراقبة (control tower, traffic control tower, watchtower). (various references)

   

Danish

  

fjernstyring (centralized traffic control, consolidated control, remote control), dynamisk trafikregulering (adaptative control, demand responsive control, dynamic control, real time traffic control), datamatstyret trafikregulering (urban traffic control), CTC (centralized traffic control, consolidated control), adaptiv trafikregulering (adaptative control, demand responsive control, dynamic control, real time traffic control). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

verkeersafhankelijke beheersing (adaptative control, demand responsive control, dynamic control, real time traffic control), stedelijke verkeersregeling (urban traffic control), dynamische verkeersbeheersing (adaptative control, demand responsive control, dynamic control, real time traffic control), CVL (centralized traffic control, consolidated control), centrale verkeersleiding (centralized traffic control, consolidated control). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

taajaman keskitetty liikenteenohjaus (urban traffic control), reaaliaikaohjaus (adaptative control, demand responsive control, dynamic control, real time traffic control). (various references)

   

French

  

tour de contrôle (traffic control tower), sélecteur et distributeur courroie par la hauteur (belt pre-selective sorter and traffic control depending upon the height of the cases), RTU (urban traffic control), régulation régionale du trafic (regional traffic control), régulation du trafic urbain (urban traffic control), contrôle par le trafic (real time traffic control), contrôle dynamique (real time traffic control), contrôle du trafic en temps réel (real time traffic control), commande centralisée du trafic (centralized traffic control), commande centralisée des circulations (centralized traffic control), commande centralisée de la circulation (centralized traffic control), commande adaptative (real time traffic control), C.C.C. (centralized traffic control). (various references)

   

German

  

Verkehrssteuerung, verkehrsregelung (flow regulation). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

κεντρικός έλεγχος της κυκλοφορίας των αμαξοστοιχιών (C.T.C., centralized traffic control, consolidated control), ρύθμιση κυκλοφορίας σε πραγματικό χρόνο (adaptative control, demand responsive control, dynamic control, real time traffic control), σύστημα καθολικής ρύθμισης αστικής κυκλοφορίας (urban traffic control). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

légiforgalmi irányító tiszt (air traffic control officer), légiforgalmi irányító szolgálat (air traffic control service), légiforgalmi irányító engedély (air traffic control clearance), légiforgalmi irányító egység (air traffic control unit), légiforgalmi irányítás (air traffic control, atc), légi irányító központ (air traffic control center), forgalomszabályzó (traffic control police). (various references)

   

Italian

  

RTU (urban traffic control), regolazione del traffico urbano (urban traffic control), dirigenza centrale operativa (C.T.C., centralized traffic control, consolidated control), controllo dinamico (adaptative control, demand responsive control, dynamic control, real time traffic control), controllo del traffico in tempi reali (adaptative control, demand responsive control, dynamic control, real time traffic control), controllo da parte del traffico (adaptative control, demand responsive control, dynamic control, real time traffic control), comando centralizzato del traffico (C.T.C., centralized traffic control, consolidated control), comando adattativo (adaptative control, demand responsive control, dynamic control, real time traffic control), C.T.C. (C.T.C., centralized traffic control, consolidated control). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

交通整理 . (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

"うつうせいり. (various references)

   

Manx

  

reiltys gleashaght aer (air traffic control). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

affictray ontrolcay

   

Portuguese

  

torre de controle de tráfego aéreo (air traffic control tower), controlo de tráfego urbano (urban traffic control), controlo de tráfego em tempo real (adaptative control, demand responsive control, dynamic control, real time traffic control), controle de tráfego aéreo (air traffic control). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

torre de control del aeropuerto (air traffic control tower), regulación en respuesta a la demanda del tráfico (adaptative control, demand responsive control, dynamic control, real time traffic control), regulación dinámica (adaptative control, demand responsive control, dynamic control, real time traffic control), regulación de la circulación urbana (urban traffic control), regulación de la circulación en tiempo real (adaptative control, demand responsive control, dynamic control, real time traffic control), regulación adaptativa (adaptative control, demand responsive control, dynamic control, real time traffic control), mando centralizado de la circulación de trenes (C.T.C., centralized traffic control, consolidated control), CTC (C.T.C., centralized traffic control, consolidated control, stranded costs), control del tráfico urbano (urban traffic control), control del tráfico en tiempo real (adaptative control, demand responsive control, dynamic control, real time traffic control), control de tráfico aéreo (air traffic control), control adaptativo (adaptative control, demand responsive control, dynamic control, real time traffic control). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

trafikreglering i tätort (urban traffic control), flygledning (air traffic control), dynamisk trafikreglering (adaptative control, demand responsive control, dynamic control, real time traffic control). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

hava trafik kontrolü (air traffic control). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Traffic Control

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

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

-4 letters: contractor, fornicator.

-5 letters: contralto, flotation, olfaction.

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

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Alternative Orthography: Traffic Control


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

54 72 61 66 66 69 63      43 6F 6E 74 72 6F 6C

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010100 01110010 01100001 01100110 01100110 01101001 01100011 00100000 01000011 01101111 01101110 01110100 01110010 01101111 01101100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#114 &#97 &#102 &#102 &#105 &#99 &#32 &#67 &#111 &#110 &#116 &#114 &#111 &#108

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 0072 0061 0066 0066 0069 0063      0043 006F 006E 0074 0072 006F 006C

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

54846772727569237818086848178

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Slideshow
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Quotations: Non-fiction
8. Expressions
9. Expressions: Internet
10. Translations: Modern
11. Anagrams
12. Orthography
13. Bibliography


  

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