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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A circular one-way road at a junction of thoroughfares, facilitating an uninterrupted flow of traffic.
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- noun US an
intersection with acircular shape and, usually, acentral island
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- noun a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island
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