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kiertotie — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • detour noun An indirect route taken instead of the direct one.
  • deviation noun A departure from an expected, planned, or normal course of action.
  • diversion noun Something done to distract attention from what is really happening.
  • roundabout noun A road junction where traffic circles around a central island instead of stopping at lights.

Senses

kiertotie is used for these senses in English:

  • circumbendibus (often, humorous) A roundabout route or process
  • detour A diversion or deviation from one's original route.
  • deviation A detour in a road or railway.
  • diversion (transport) The rerouting of cargo or passengers to a new transshipment point or destination, or to a different mode of transportation before arrival at the ultimate destination.
  • roundabout A detour.

detour — full definition

  1. noun An indirect route taken instead of the direct one.
  2. verb To take, or send someone on, an indirect route.

deviation — full definition

  1. noun A departure from an expected, planned, or normal course of action.
  2. noun In statistics, a measure of how far a single value differs from the average.

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