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  • adjective obsolete Capable of being disposed of in traffic; marketable.

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  • adjective Capable of being trafficked; marketable.

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Examples

  • Alberta's oil-sands producers have until Sept. 30 to file plans with the ERCB on how they intend to comply with the new rules, including one that all tailings ponds be "trafficable" - dried out and ready for reclamation - within five years of being deemed inactive.

    Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming RSS Newsfeed 2009

  • The infantry squads can move over terrain not trafficable by tracked vehicles.

    FM 71-1 Chapter 1 Introduction United States Army 1998

  • This analysis should also include all trafficable areas that provide cover and concealment, such as woods or draws for the enemy to use in countering the TOW.

    FM 7-91 CHPTR 4 Employment/ Antiarmor Company United States Army 1987

  • Kazakhstan: total: NA km paved: 150,000 km (these roads are said to be hard-surfaced, and include, in addition to conventionally paved roads, some that are surfaced with gravel or other coarse aggregate, making them trafficable in all weather) (2000) unpaved: NA km (these roads are made of unstabilized earth and are difficult to negotiate in wet weather)

    The 2001 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

  • Turkmenistan: total: 22,000 km paved: 18,000 km (these roads are said to be hard-surfaced, and include, in addition to conventionally paved roads, some that are surfaced with gravel or other coarse aggregate, making them trafficable in all weather) unpaved: 4,000 km (these roads are made of unstabilized earth and are difficult to negotiate in wet weather) (1996)

    The 2001 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

  • Highways: total: NA km paved: 150,000 km (these roads are said to be hard-surfaced, and include, in addition to conventionally paved roads, some that are surfaced with gravel or other coarse aggregate, making them trafficable in all weather) (2000) unpaved: NA km (these roads are made of unstabilized earth and are difficult to negotiate in wet weather)

    The 2001 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

  • Highways: total: 20,000 km paved: 13,900 km (these roads are said to be hard-surfaced, and include, in addition to conventionally paved roads, some that are surfaced with gravel or other coarse aggregate, making them trafficable in all weather) unpaved: 6,100 km (these roads are made of unstabilized earth and are difficult to negotiate in wet weather) (1990)

    The 2001 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

  • Moldova: total: 20,000 km paved: 13,900 km (these roads are said to be hard-surfaced, and include, in addition to conventionally paved roads, some that are surfaced with gravel or other coarse aggregate, making them trafficable in all weather) unpaved: 6,100 km (these roads are made of unstabilized earth and are difficult to negotiate in wet weather) (1990)

    The 2001 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

  • Highways: total: 22,000 km paved: 18,000 km (these roads are said to be hard-surfaced, and include, in addition to conventionally paved roads, some that are surfaced with gravel or other coarse aggregate, making them trafficable in all weather) unpaved: 4,000 km (these roads are made of unstabilized earth and are difficult to negotiate in wet weather) (1996)

    The 2001 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

  • Highways: total: 29,900 km paved: 21,400 km (these roads are said to be hard-surfaced, and include, in addition to conventionally paved roads, some that are surfaced with gravel or other coarse aggregate, making them trafficable in all weather) unpaved: 8,500 km (these roads are made of unstabilized earth and are difficult to negotiate in wet weather) (1990)

    The 2001 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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