ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Spillback

Definition & Meaning

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Spillback is a noun meaning The blockage of an intersection by traffic as a result of the traffic lights changing and preventing progress.

Meaning

The blockage of an intersection by traffic as a result of the traffic lights changing and preventing progress.

More Meanings

  1. (epidemiology) The spread of an infectious pathogen from humans to non-human animals.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include backup, contraflow, interclusion, backflow, backfiring, spill.

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