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angle parking

Syllables: an·gle park·ingUK/ˈæŋɡəl ˈpɑːkɪŋ/US/ˈæŋɡəl ˈpɑɹkɪŋ/

angle parking noun: a form of roadside car parking where the parking spaces are arranged at an acute angle to the direction of approach, allowing the driver to enter a space easily and later reverse back out.

angle parking: a form of roadside car parking where the parking spaces are arranged at an acute angle to the...
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Noun

angle parking (uncountable)

  1. A form of roadside car parking where the parking spaces are arranged at an acute angle to the direction of approach, allowing the driver to enter a space easily and later reverse back out.
    • The California Highway Commission may, after a public hearing, determine that angle parking may be permitted on certain portions of through State highways, where in its opinion same may be done with safety and without unduly restricting the flow of State highway traffic, under the special...1937 January 21, An Act to Amend Section 588 of the Vehicle Code, Relating to Angle Parking on State Highways (Senate Bill No. 634), [Washington, D.C.]: [United States Senate]
    • One of the particularly annoying practices and one that surely contributes to many accidents is angle parking in small communities, parking too close to intersections, and double parking, especially on through streets or trunk lines through these small communities. […] In driving around the state I...1940 September 25, E. Ross Farra, “Safety in Small Towns and Communities”, in Proceedings of the Twenty-sixth Annual Highway Conference: Held at the University of Michigan, February 15 to 17, 1940...
    Synonyms:
    echelon parking

angle parking meaning in Tamil

angle parking in Tamil

கோணத்தில் நிறுத்துதல்

Examples of angle parking in a sentence

  • Public support for angle parking was expected to be quite high because of the greater ease in parking.1981 June, Andrea [M.] Vayda, Irving Crespi, “General Public Survey”, in Public Acceptability of Highway Safety Countermeasures: Final...
  • On the other hand, angle parking made downtown streets look crowded and made the downtown appear more a place for terminating trips.2004, John A. Jakle, Keith A. Sculle, “Parking at Curbside”, in Lots of Parking: Land Use in a Car Culture, Charlottesville, Va....
  • It was, and new white lines were painted on the street again as angle parking was restored.2012, Kerry Segrave, “Other Measures”, in Parking Cars in America, 1910–1945: A History, Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, →ISBN, pages...

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Questions about angle parking

What does angle parking mean?
Angle parking means a form of roadside car parking where the parking spaces are arranged at an acute angle to the direction of approach, allowing the driver to enter a space easily and later reverse back out.
What is angle parking in Tamil?
Angle parking in Tamil is கோணத்தில் நிறுத்துதல். See Angle parking meaning in Tamil.
How do you use angle parking in a sentence?
Public support for angle parking was expected to be quite high because of the greater ease in parking.
What part of speech is angle parking?
Angle parking is a noun.
How do you pronounce angle parking?
Angle parking is pronounced /ˈæŋɡəl ˈpɑːkɪŋ/ (UK).

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