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PRONUNCIATION OF ROAD HUMP

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ROAD HUMP

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Road hump is a noun.
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WHAT DOES ROAD HUMP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

road hump

Speed bump

Speed bumps are the common name for a family of traffic calming devices that use vertical deflection to slow motor-vehicle traffic in order to improve safety conditions. Variations include the speed hump, speed cushion, and speed table. The use of vertical deflection devices is widespread around the world, and they are most commonly found where vehicle speeds are statutorily mandated to be low, usually 40 km/h, or 8 to 16 km/h in car parks. Although speed bumps are very effective in keeping vehicle speed down, their use is sometimes controversial as they can cause noise and possibly vehicle damage if taken at too great a speed. Poorly designed speed bumps are often found in private car parks, and can be hard to negotiate in vehicles with low ground clearance, such as sports cars, even at very slow speeds. Speed bumps can also pose serious hazards to motorcyclists and bicyclists if not clearly visible, though in some cases a small cut across the bump allows those vehicles to pass through without impediment. Speed bumps cost between $50–200, but have to be replaced after wear.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ROAD HUMP

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WORDS THAT END LIKE ROAD HUMP

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Synonyms and antonyms of road hump in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «road hump» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ROAD HUMP

Find out the translation of road hump to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of road hump from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «road hump» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

驼峰路
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

joroba de carretera
570 millions of speakers

English

road hump
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सड़क कूबड़
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

سنام الطريق
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

дорога горб
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

corcunda estrada
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

রাস্তা কুঁজ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

bosse de la route
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Jalan bonggol
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Straßenbuckel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

道路こぶ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

도로 고비
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dalan hump
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đường bướu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சாலை வளையம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

रस्ता ओठ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Yol kamburu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

gobba strada
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

garb drogowego
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

дорога горб
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

bizon rutier
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

δρόμο καμπούρα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

pad bult
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

väg puckel
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

veien hump
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of road hump

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ROAD HUMP»

The term «road hump» is normally little used and occupies the 151.026 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ROAD HUMP» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about road hump

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ROAD HUMP»

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Handbook of Road Technology, Fourth Edition
A far more active device is the road hump, which causes drivers to slow down by threatening them with severe discomfort, and even vehicular and personal damage, if they were to attempt a high-speed crossing. Because of the hump's ...
M. G. Lay, 2009
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Traffic calming
The consultation period should be used to determine if any residents or local bus operators have vehicles that demand careful treatment of the road hump design ( see Section 2.5). The effect on articulated buses may differ from conventional ...
Great Britain: Department for Transport, 2007
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Exploring Geology on the Isle of Arran: A Set of Field ...
So now go back over the outcrops examined so far which lie opposite the first road hump (the 'north-east road hump') and measure as many fold plunges as possible; about ten should be possible here ([17] [18]). Use Figure 4.8 to record and ...
C. J. Nicholas, 2000
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Road Engineering for Development, Second Edition
... so it is therefore important that developing and Box 4.6 Type and dimensions of road hump emerging countries integrate changes in enforcement tactics with appropriate publicity 74 Goff Jacobs and Chris Baguley. Cross-section through ...
Richard Robinson, Bent Thagesen, 2004
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Roadwork: Theory and Practice
... traffic throttle speed restriction hump buff tactile paving white triangles for better visibility during darkness Where a road hump coincides with a pelican or zebra crossing, the flat type hump should be used extended to produce a speed table.
Peter Kendrick, Steve Beresford, Paul McCormick, 2007
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Ground Dynamics and Man-made Processes: Prediction, Design ...
Although it would be possible to use this equation to estimate the maximum vibration generated by heavy vehicles passing over a road hump it should be noted that the equation was developed from results where vehicles travelled over  ...
B. O. Skipp, 1998
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Dictionary of Architecture and Building Construction
... surfacing and technical works. road hump, speed control hump, sleeping policeman; a short area of raised carriageway, a bump, hump or obstruction designed to reduce the speed of vehicles in residential and built-up areas. road junction ...
Nikolas Davies, Erkki Jokiniemi, 2008
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Reading the Everyday
In the same year, a builder from Oxford invited a television crew along to watch him dig up a road hump outside his house with a mechanical excavator because, he claimed, the noise from lorries hitting it was preventing him sleeping (Robbins  ...
Joe Moran, 2005
9
Practical Road Safety Auditing
Figure 4.62 Flat top road hump within 20 mph zone TRL Report 186 (1996). Traffic calming - Road hump schemes using 75 mm high humps □ A 65% average accident reduction is achieved through the installation of 75 mm road humps.
Steve Proctor, Martin Belcher, TMS Consultancy, 2001
10
Road Humps and Side Walks: The Path LessTraveled
To their misfortune, the road had been tarred the previous day and the road hump that was Arjun's pointer had been removed. So, Arjun took the turn at the next road hump, which was one lane away. He felt that the difference in distance was ...
Kalyan, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ROAD HUMP»

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Biker hits road hump, dies
A 35-year-old biker died after his bike crashed into a speed breaker, which he failed to notice, on the link road in High Grounds traffic police station limits early ... «Deccan Herald, Jun 15»
2
A mother's journey ends, thanks to killer road hump
Its purpose is to rein in speeding vehi cles, but on Monday, one of t h e many unscientific speed-breakers dotting the Va r t h u r G u n j u r Road between ... «Times of India, Jun 15»
3
Speed success as road humps could be raised in Moira Road …
SPEED bumps that were previously branded a waste of money could finally be made higher after council chiefs launched a survey into the impact they have had ... «Burton Mail, May 15»
4
Structural damage caused by road humps
Tell them that if they do not repair the road and remove the hump that is causing these tremors, you will hold them responsible for any structural damage to your ... «Telegraph.co.uk, May 14»
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Road humps on highway pose danger to motorists
Road humps, which surface every few kilometres on the Bangalore-Mysore ... a trailing car recently when he applied brakes after spotting a road hump at the last ... «The Hindu, May 14»
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Road hump snuffs out boy's lifeK R Puram
An unscientific road hump coupled with reckless driving of an autorickshaw driver resulted in the death of his six-year-old son at Kaverinagar at K R Puram here ... «Deccan Herald, Jan 14»
7
Road humps for energy? Ateneans find a way
MANILA, Philippines - What do humps have to do with energy? ... reports, young Filipino students innovate an energy solution that uses -- yes -- road humps. «Rappler, Jul 13»
8
Speed-breakers or back-breakers?
BANGALORE: They are ostensibly speed-breakers but the unscientific and illegal road humps do their job so overzealously that they are turning into ... «Times of India, Jun 13»
9
Road humps are a pain in the back
BANGALORE: Road humps are not more just bulges of tar that create undulations on the surface of the road. They can injure your spine, sometimes beyond ... «Times of India, Sep 10»
10
Road humps rip tyre inner walls to shreds
I am told that this is because I have driven over speed humps and cushions and into pot-holes, but I have never had this trouble with conventional tyres. «Telegraph.co.uk, Nov 09»

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