arterial
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4.4
- noun
- /ɑrˈtɪriəl/
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arteria
- During peak hours, traffic often jams on the main arterial routes leading into downtown.
- major arterials
- freeways and arterials
Examples
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With few entry and exit points, all the traffic gets focused on single intersections at the arterials, causing significant congestion.
Blog text (26) -
Five major urban arterials traverse the piazza, and eight bus routes have stops here.
Academic text (1994) -
But the fact is, even on my major arterials, people live there.
Blog text (19) -
Make 75th a through arterial with stop signs for crossing traffic.
Blog text (33) -
Since last Friday, traffic on Neptune Street, a major capital arterial, has been blocked off.
Blog text (22) -
Though the apartment building faced a small residential street, there was a major arterial at either end of the block and the interstate only a few blocks down the hill.
Fiction book (1992) -
All four towns are well away from the major arterials, and through traffic is infrequent.
Academic text (2004) -
A grid of urban arterials provides much better mobility for passengers and freight alike than a single freeway.
Blog text (16) -
"Yorba Linda Boulevard is classified as a six-lane major arterial, according to the Orange County Transportation Authority," Wang says.
Blog text (11) -
The highways and gigantic arterials that thread through modern suburbia make walking and cycling unsafe.
Blog text (22)
Synonyms
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1.1
A big road that carries most traffic and connects towns
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1.4
The main road in a town where most shops and businesses are
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3.5
A main road that carries a lot of traffic between towns or city areas
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5.1
A main road that people use to travel between places
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3.2
A major road that carries a lot of traffic and connects important parts of a city
Compounds
- Specialized
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5.4
A test that measures oxygen, carbon dioxide, and acid level of blood from an artery to check lung function
- Specialized
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5.6
Hardening and thickening of artery walls that reduces blood flow from the heart
- Specialized
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5.5
Fat builds up inside an artery and can block blood flow, causing heart problems
- Specialized
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3.2
A major road that carries a lot of traffic and connects important parts of a city
- Specialized
A blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart to the body
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The road sense of arterial comes from the same idea as the body's artery: a main tube that carries things. So an arterial road is a main 'carrier' of traffic through a city, just like an artery carries blood through the body.