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traffic signal box

traffic signal box noun: any of the large metal boxes containing traffic signal controls, found at roadsides and intersections, and often made available by the local council for artistic work.

Noun

traffic signal box (plural traffic signal boxes)

  1. (Australia, US) Any of the large metal boxes containing traffic signal controls, found at roadsides and intersections, and often made available by the local council for artistic work.
    • A caravan installed at the intersection close to the existing traffic signal box contains all the processing devices[…].1976, International Federation of Automatic Control, International Federation for Information Processing, Control in Transportation Systems: Proceedings of the IFAC/IFIP/IFORS Third International...
    • Therefore, we asked the traffic department to install a vibrating traffic signal box for her to feel at each side of the street; this is being pursued at the time of this writing.1993, Dona Sauerburger, Independence Without Sight Or Sound, page 140
  2. A structure holding traffic lights.
    • At such times, it is hard to define the relative position of the light in the traffic signal box. As we know, in the United States, the red light is on the top and the green at the bottom.2008, François W. Sauer, Relearn, Evolve, and Adapt, iUniverse, page 14

Forms of traffic signal box

pluraltraffic signal boxes

Questions about traffic signal box

What does traffic signal box mean?
Traffic signal box means any of the large metal boxes containing traffic signal controls, found at roadsides and intersections, and often made available by the local council for artistic work.
What part of speech is traffic signal box?
Traffic signal box is a noun.
What is the plural of traffic signal box?
The plural of traffic signal box is traffic signal boxes.

Words near traffic signal box in the dictionary

  1. traffic parks
  2. traffic police
  3. traffic shaping
  4. traffic sign
  5. traffic signal
  6. traffic signal box
  7. traffic signal boxes
  8. traffic signals
  9. traffic signs
  10. traffic spikes
  11. traffic stop

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