traffic pattern

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noun

Aeronautics. a system of courses about an airfield that aircraft are assigned to fly when taking off, landing, or preparing to land.

any systematic movement of people or vehicles: The kitchen was designed to accommodate the family's traffic pattern.

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Words nearby traffic pattern

trafficking, trafficky, traffic light, traffic-light labelling, traffic manager, traffic pattern, traffic warden, Trafford, tragacanth, tragedian, tragedienne

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How to use traffic pattern in a sentence

Computers monitoring streams of electrical activity, picked up by a brain implant or a removable electrode cap, learn to recognize how the traffic pattern changes when a person makes an intended limb movement.
Can Machines Control Our Brains?|R. Douglas Fields|May 17, 2021|Quanta Magazine
These are spots where traffic patterns collide, and the tens of thousands of ships underway on the world’s oceans at any given moment come together in tightly managed traffic schemes.
The Blocked Suez Canal Isn't the Only Waterway the World Should Be Worried About|James Stavridis|March 29, 2021|Time
While the overall traffic patterns remain the same, looking at individual pages was quite interesting.
Some early observations on the Google December core update|Marie Haynes|December 24, 2020|Search Engine Land
American Vogue reported similar traffic patterns as its fellow international sites in May, according to Anna-Lisa Yabsley, executive director of content strategy.
How Vogue’s international approach to audience data helped it reach record readers|Kayleigh Barber|December 18, 2020|Digiday

The Northern Virginia operations were severely affected by changes in traffic patterns during the pandemic — more so than Transurban’s operations in Australia and Montreal.
Northern Virginia toll road operator Transurban to sell half its stake in lanes|Luz Lazo|December 17, 2020|Washington Post
One witness said the gunfire began after a traffic collision, which drew the attention of a nearby police officer.
France Mourns—and Hunts|Nico Hines, Christopher Dickey|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The scene was heavily cordoned off to traffic and anyone not with the police, press, or residents.
Police Hunt for Paris Massacre Suspects|Tracy McNicoll, Christopher Dickey|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
That apparently includes some members of the management of the airport itself and some air traffic controllers.
Annoying Airport Delays Might Prevent You From Becoming the Next AirAsia 8501|Clive Irving|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
And in so many of these events, the pattern of “blame the victim” was quickly in evidence.
In 2015, Let’s Try for More Compassion|Gene Robinson|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
That officer believed my fair-skinned son was white, according to the traffic citation I examined.
What Would Happen if I Got in White Cop’s Face?|Goldie Taylor|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The noise of the hammer is always in his ears, and his eye is upon the pattern of the vessel he maketh.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
In this traffic he made money so fast that he opened an office, and subsequently a store of his own, in the Escolta.
The Philippine Islands|John Foreman
Her eye fastened on a circular portion of the wall-paper pattern, and she felt that the whole room was revolving about her.
Hilda Lessways|Arnold Bennett
Railway expectations ran high; immense traffic receipts, sorely needed, ought to have swelled the coffers of the companies.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow
Reasonable facilities for receiving and forwarding traffic The subject of undue preference, which was forbiddenp.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow

British Dictionary definitions for traffic pattern

traffic pattern

noun

a pattern of permitted lanes in the air around an airport to which an aircraft is restricted

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