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  2. Glossary of road transport terms - Wikipedia

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    See three-way junction 5-1-1 A transportation and traffic information telephone hotline in some regions of the United States and Canada that was initially designated for road weather information. A Access road See frontage road Advisory speed limit A speed recommendation by a governing body. All-way stop or four-way stop An intersection system where traffic approaching it from all directions ...

  3. Glossary of climbing terms - Wikipedia

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    A A-grade Also aid climbing grade. The technical difficulty grading system for aid climbing (both for "original" and an adapted version for "new wave"), which goes: A0, A1, A2, A3, A4, A5 and up to A6 (for "new wave"). See C-grade. Abalakov thread Abalakov thread Also V-thread. A type of anchor used in abseiling especially in winter and in ice climbing. ABD Also assisted braking device. A term ...

  4. Types of road - Wikipedia

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    Asphalt road in Norway. A road is a thoroughfare, route, or way on land between two places that has been surfaced or otherwise improved to allow travel by foot or some form of conveyance, including a motor vehicle, cart, bicycle, or horse.

  5. Road map - Wikipedia

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    A road map, route map, or street map is a map that primarily displays roads and transport links rather than natural geographical information. It is a type of navigational map that commonly includes political boundaries and labels, making it also a type of political map .

  6. Route - Wikipedia

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    Route or routes may refer to: Air route, route structure or airway; GPS route, a series of one or more GPS waypoints; Route (gridiron football), a path run by a wide receiver; Route (command), a program used to configure the routing table; Route, County Antrim, an area in Northern Ireland; Routes, Seine-Maritime, a commune in Seine-Maritime, France

  7. -onym - Wikipedia

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    antonym: a word with the exact opposite meaning of another word; an antithesis: often shown in opposite word pairs such as "high" and "low" (compare with "synonym") apronym : a word which, as an acronym or backronym, has a meaning related to the meaning of the words constituting the acronym or backronym; such as PLATO for "Programmed Logic for ...

  8. Opposite - Wikipedia

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    The term antonym (and the related antonymy) is commonly taken to be synonymous with opposite, but antonym also has other more restricted meanings. Graded (or gradable) antonyms are word pairs whose meanings are opposite and which lie on a continuous spectrum (hot, cold).

  9. List of United States Numbered Highways - Wikipedia

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    Route 257 at the Canadian border in Pittsburg, NH: 1926: current US 4: 252.62: 406.55 US 9, US 20 southeast of Albany, NY: I-95/Blue Star Turnpike, Spaulding Turnpike, US 1 Byp., NH 16 in Portsmouth, NH: 1926: current Signed north–south in New York US 5: 300: 480 I-91 in New Haven, CT: Route 143 at the Canadian border in Derby Line, VT