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urban crawl

urban crawl noun: a condition of hyperdensity, limited but enabling scale of communicative possibilities that converge opportunistically. It occurs when the pressure of an urban environment reaches a critical threshold in cities of developing countries.

Noun

urban crawl (uncountable)

  1. A condition of hyperdensity, limited but enabling scale of communicative possibilities that converge opportunistically. It occurs when the pressure of an urban environment reaches a critical threshold in cities of developing countries.

Questions about urban crawl

What does urban crawl mean?
Urban crawl means a condition of hyperdensity, limited but enabling scale of communicative possibilities that converge opportunistically. It occurs when the pressure of an urban environment reaches a critical threshold in cities of developing countries.
What part of speech is urban crawl?
Urban crawl is a noun.

Words near urban crawl in the dictionary

  1. urban boulevards
  2. urban canyon
  3. urban contemporary
  4. Urban Cowboy
  5. Urban Cowboys
  6. urban crawl
  7. urban death
  8. urban decay
  9. urban district
  10. urban districts
  11. urban dweller

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