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traffic signal boxes

traffic signal boxes is the plural of traffic signal box.

Meaning of traffic signal box

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...
  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

Questions about traffic signal boxes

What is traffic signal boxes the plural of?
Traffic signal boxes is the plural of traffic signal box.

Words near traffic signal boxes in the dictionary

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

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