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traffic beam

traffic beam noun: a headlight setting intended for roads with traffic on them at night.

Noun

traffic beam (plural traffic beams)

  1. (dated) A headlight setting intended for roads with traffic on them at night.
    • For your own safety and that of others, follow the suggestion in the verse:
      “Use country beam
      When roads are clear,
      Use traffic beam
      When cars are near.”1940, Ralph A. Richardson, Optics and Wheels, General Motors Corporation, p. 25
    Synonyms:
    low beam

Synonyms of traffic beam

  • low beam

Antonyms

Forms of traffic beam

pluraltraffic beams

Questions about traffic beam

What does traffic beam mean?
Traffic beam means a headlight setting intended for roads with traffic on them at night.
What part of speech is traffic beam?
Traffic beam is a noun.
What is the plural of traffic beam?
The plural of traffic beam is traffic beams.

Words near traffic beam in the dictionary

  1. traffic advisory
  2. traffic barrel
  3. traffic barrels
  4. traffic barrier
  5. traffic barriers
  6. traffic beam
  7. traffic beams
  8. traffic boy
  9. traffic boys
  10. traffic bump
  11. traffic bumps

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