Definitions for speed bump
speed bump

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1. speed bumpnoun

   a hindrance to speeding created by a crosswise ridge in the surface of a roadway

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1. speed bumpnoun

   A traffic calming measure, consisting of a transverse ridge in the road, to limit the speed of vehicles.

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1. Speed Bump

   Speed Bump is a single-panel comic series by Dave Coverly, syndicated since 1994 by Creators Syndicate. Describing his cartoons, Coverly commented, "Basically," he says, "if life were a movie, these would be the outtakes."Speed Bump is published in more than 400 newspapers and websites, including The Washington Post, Toronto Globe and Mail, Detroit Free Press, Chicago Tribune, Indianapolis Star, Cleveland Plain Dealer, The Cincinnati Enquirer, New Orleans Times-Picayune, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, The Vancouver Sun, The Baltimore Sun and The Arizona Republic.

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1. speed bump

   A speed bump is a traffic calming device designed to slow down vehicles by creating a raised area across the road. It is often used in residential areas, parking lots, or near schools to enhance safety by discouraging vehicles from moving at a high speed.

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1. Speed bump

   A speed bump is a traffic calming feature of road design used to slow traffic, or reduce through traffic, via vertical deflection. They are also known as a sleeping policeman in Jamaica, a kipping cop; in British English a speed hump, road hump, speed breaker; in New Zealand English a judder bar; in Pakistani and Indian English a speed jump; in Hiberno-English a ramp. A speed bump is a bump in a roadway with heights typically ranging between 3 and 4 inches. The depth of speed bumps is typically less than or near to 1 foot; contrasting with the wider speed humps which are typically 10 to 14 feet in depth. Speed bumps can be made of recycled plastic, metal, asphalt or rubber. Speed bumps of various sizes can be placed on a road, from using two four foot or six foot devices on it with a space on either side for drainage, and not designed for avoiding the bump on one side of the car. It may also be connected across the entire road surface. The use of speed bumps is widespread around the world, and they are most commonly found where vehicle speeds are statutorily mandated to be low, usually 40 km/h, or 8 to 16 km/h in car parks. Although speed bumps are very effective in keeping vehicle speed down, their use is sometimes controversial as they can cause noise and possibly vehicle damage if taken at too great a speed. Poorly designed speed bumps often found in private car parks can be hard to negotiate in vehicles with low ground clearance, such as sports cars, even at very slow speeds. Speed bumps can also pose serious hazards to motorcyclists and bicyclists if not easily noticed, though in some cases a small cut in the bump allows those vehicles to pass through without impedance. Speed bumps cost between $50–200 though they do have to be replaced after wear.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of speed bump in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of speed bump in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of speed bump in a Sentence

1. Alan Stern:

   While we prefer this event hadn't occurred ... this is a speed bump in terms of the total return that we expect.

2. Nicole Neily:

   Far too many elected officials have shown over the past two years that the 'consent of the governed' is little more than an inconvenient speed bump on the road to advancing their unpopular agendas. Mocking and dismissing the concerns of the community may be cathartic for petty dictators, but it is not a path to electoral success.

3. Eric Rodriguez:

   We've hit a speed bump and now we have to get back on track, we are especially worried about English learners.

4. Kim Moore:

   She went backwards first and then she went forwards, and then she figured out how to turn, and now we have a speed bump in the middle of our living room because she just goes that fast.

5. Michael Vrionis:

   Carlos is doing fantastic and is anxious to be back on stage soon, he profoundly regrets that this ‘speed bump’ necessitated the cancellation of his upcoming performances.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=speed bump
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Speed_Bump
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_Bump
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=speed bump