"zipper merge" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: zipper merges [plural]
Etymology: From the resemblance to the closing of a zip fastener, where alternating teeth are brought into line. Head templates: {{en-noun}} zipper merge (plural zipper merges)
  1. A convention for merging traffic into a reduced number of lanes, where drivers use both lanes to advance to the lane reduction point and merge at that location, alternating turns.
    Sense id: en-zipper_merge-en-noun-tdFRNcIx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 78 22

Verb

Forms: zipper merges [present, singular, third-person], zipper merging [participle, present], zipper merged [participle, past], zipper merged [past]
Etymology: From the resemblance to the closing of a zip fastener, where alternating teeth are brought into line. Head templates: {{en-verb}} zipper merge (third-person singular simple present zipper merges, present participle zipper merging, simple past and past participle zipper merged)
  1. To carry out this form of traffic merging.
    Sense id: en-zipper_merge-en-verb-ANye1G7Z

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for zipper merge meaning in English (1.7kB)

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