What does traffic mean?

Definitions for traffic
ˈtræf ɪktraf·fic

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. trafficnoun

    the aggregation of things (pedestrians or vehicles) coming and going in a particular locality during a specified period of time

  2. trafficnoun

    buying and selling; especially illicit trade

  3. trafficnoun

    the amount of activity over a communication system during a given period of time

    "heavy traffic overloaded the trunk lines"; "traffic on the internet is lightest during the night"

  4. dealings, trafficverb

    social or verbal interchange (usually followed by `with')

  5. trafficverb

    deal illegally

    "traffic drugs"

  6. trafficverb

    trade or deal a commodity

    "They trafficked with us for gold"

Wiktionary

  1. trafficnoun

    Pedestrians or vehicles on roads, or the flux or passage thereof.

    Traffic is slow at rush hour.

  2. trafficnoun

    Commercial transportation or exchange of goods, or the movement of passengers or people.

  3. trafficnoun

    Illegal trade or exchange of goods, often drugs.

  4. trafficnoun

    Exchange or flux of information, messages or data, as in a computer or telephone network.

  5. trafficverb

    To pass goods and commodities from one person to another for an equivalent in goods or money; to buy or sell goods; to barter; to trade.

  6. trafficverb

    To trade meanly or mercenarily; to bargain.

  7. trafficverb

    To exchange in traffic; to effect by a bargain or for a consideration.

  8. Etymology: From trafic, tráfico, traffico

Wikipedia

  1. Traffic

    Traffic comprises pedestrians, vehicles, ridden or herded animals, trains, and other conveyances that use public ways (roads) for travel and transportation. Traffic laws govern and regulate traffic, while rules of the road include traffic laws and informal rules that may have developed over time to facilitate the orderly and timely flow of traffic. Organized traffic generally has well-established priorities, lanes, right-of-way, and traffic control at intersections. Traffic is formally organized in many jurisdictions, with marked lanes, junctions, intersections, interchanges, traffic signals, or signs. Traffic is often classified by type: heavy motor vehicle (e.g., car, truck), other vehicle (e.g., moped, bicycle), and pedestrian. Different classes may share speed limits and easement, or may be segregated. Some jurisdictions may have very detailed and complex rules of the road while others rely more on drivers' common sense and willingness to cooperate. Organization typically produces a better combination of travel safety and efficiency. Events which disrupt the flow and may cause traffic to degenerate into a disorganized mess include road construction, collisions, and debris in the roadway. On particularly busy freeways, a minor disruption may persist in a phenomenon known as traffic waves. A complete breakdown of organization may result in traffic congestion and gridlock. Simulations of organized traffic frequently involve queuing theory, stochastic processes and equations of mathematical physics applied to traffic flow.

ChatGPT

  1. traffic

    Traffic refers to the movement of vehicles, individuals, or goods along a specific route or network, such as roads, airways, waterways, or data networks. It also involves the system and devices implemented to control and manage this movement. The term is often associated with congestion caused by a high volume of movement, leading to slower speeds and longer travel times.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Trafficverb

    to pass goods and commodities from one person to another for an equivalent in goods or money; to buy or sell goods; to barter; to trade

  2. Trafficverb

    to trade meanly or mercenarily; to bargain

  3. Trafficverb

    to exchange in traffic; to effect by a bargain or for a consideration

  4. Traffic

    commerce, either by barter or by buying and selling; interchange of goods and commodities; trade

  5. Traffic

    commodities of the market

  6. Traffic

    the business done upon a railway, steamboat line, etc., with reference to the number of passengers or the amount of freight carried

Wikidata

  1. Traffic

    Traffic on roads may consist of pedestrians, ridden or herded animals, vehicles, streetcars and other conveyances, either singly or together, while using the public way for purposes of travel. Traffic laws are the laws which govern traffic and regulate vehicles, while rules of the road are both the laws and the informal rules that may have developed over time to facilitate the orderly and timely flow of traffic. Organized traffic generally has well-established priorities, lanes, right-of-way, and traffic control at intersections. Traffic is formally organized in many jurisdictions, with marked lanes, junctions, intersections, interchanges, traffic signals, or signs. Traffic is often classified by type: heavy motor vehicle; other vehicle; and pedestrian. Different classes may share speed limits and easement, or may be segregated. Some jurisdictions may have very detailed and complex rules of the road while others rely more on drivers' common sense and willingness to cooperate. Organization typically produces a better combination of travel safety and efficiency. Events which disrupt the flow and may cause traffic to degenerate into a disorganized mess include: road construction, collisions and debris in the roadway. On particularly busy freeways, a minor disruption may persist in a phenomenon known as traffic waves. A complete breakdown of organization may result in traffic congestion and gridlock. Simulations of organized traffic frequently involve queuing theory, stochastic processes and equations of mathematical physics applied to traffic flow.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Traffic

    traf′ik, n. commerce: large trade: the business done on a railway, &c.—v.i. to trade: to trade meanly.—v.t. to exchange:—pr.p. traff′icking; pa.t. and pa.p. traff′icked.n. Traff′icker.—adj. Traff′icless.—n. Traff′ic-man′ager, the manager of the traffic on a railway, &c. [O. Fr. trafique; cf. It. trafficare, prob. from L. trans, across, and Low L. vicāre, to exchange—L. vicis, change; not from facĕre, to make.]

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British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'traffic' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1807

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'traffic' in Written Corpus Frequency: #728

  3. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'traffic' in Nouns Frequency: #701

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of traffic in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of traffic in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of traffic in a Sentence

  1. Franklin County Sheriffs Office SWAT:

    While investigating this fatal traffic crash it was very clear to investigators that Mr. Ellis is one of the worst habitual repeat offenders of drunk driving we have seen, he has no regard for human life.

  2. Volodymyr Solohub:

    Everybody was panicked, freaked out, so people started driving. I’m sure you’ve seen those pictures of traffic, all lanes, all driving west. Pretty much the same was at the train station, but the train stopped operating during the day, and in the evening these resumed, so I was able to catch a train … I was planning to go west, as well, but there were no tickets obviously for the right trains.

  3. Rosa Vivien Ratnawati:

    If there's illegal traffic, the origin country must accept the trash back.

  4. Paul Degges:

    We are looking at( two or three) different scenarios of what different types of repairs could be done to get traffic back up and then from there to move on to a permanent repair.

  5. Dan Gainor:

    It's almost predictable that some idiot online will write an outlandish story connecting Trump to the villain du jour, all designed to generate web traffic and ad dollars. We worked through all the major historical villains the media could tie the president to -- Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini. They called him a strongman, a dictator and worse. Now it's Manson, Weinstein and probably Mugabe, the media are running out of hyperbole. It's all embarrassingly stupid. No one gets held to account for it. And the cycle begins again with the next clickbait article.

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