CORRIDOR Definition & Meaning

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corridor

[ kawr-i-der, -dawr, kor- ]

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noun

a gallery or passage connecting parts of a building; hallway.
a passage into which several rooms or apartments open.
a passageway in a passenger ship or railroad car permitting access to separate cabins or compartments.
a narrow tract of land forming a passageway, as one connecting two major cities or one belonging to an inland country and affording an outlet to the sea:
the Polish Corridor.
a usually densely populated region characterized by one or more well-traveled routes used by railroad, airline, or other carriers:
The Northeast corridor extends from Washington, D.C., to Boston.
Also called air corridor. Aeronautics. a restricted path along which an aircraft must travel to avoid hostile action, other air traffic, etc.
Aerospace. a carefully calculated path through the atmosphere along which a space vehicle must travel after launch or during reentry in order to attain a desired orbit, to avoid severe acceleration and deceleration, or to minimize aerodynamic heating.

corridor

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noun

a hallway or passage connecting parts of a building
a strip of land or airspace along the route of a road or river
the M1 corridor
a strip of land or airspace that affords access, either from a landlocked country to the sea (such as the Polish corridor , 1919-39, which divided Germany) or from a state to an exclave (such as the Berlin corridor , 1945–90, which passed through the former East Germany)
a passageway connecting the compartments of a railway coach
corridors of power
the higher echelons of government, the Civil Service, etc, considered as the location of power and influence
a flight path that affords safe access for intruding aircraft
the path that a spacecraft must follow when re-entering the atmosphere, above which lift is insufficient and below which heating effects are excessive

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of corridor¹

First recorded in 1585–95; from Middle French, from Upper Italian corridore (Tuscan corridoio ), equivalent to corr(ere) “to run,” (from Latin currere ) + -idore, from Latin -i- + -��ō��ܳ� noun suffix; -i-, -tory ²

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of corridor¹

C16: from Old French, from Old Italian corridore, literally: place for running, from correre to run, from Latin currere

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And the fall of the Assad regime in Syria has interrupted Iran's land corridor to Lebanon - and Hezbollah.

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The corridor includes a majority of low-income households, including residents without access to a car.

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The visit comes as Israel announced it was expanding its Gaza offensive and establishing a new military corridor to put pressure on Hamas, as deadly Israeli strikes were reported across the Palestinian territory.

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Israel has already significantly expanded a buffer zone around the edge of Gaza over the course of the war, and seized control of a corridor of land cutting through its centre.

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But in this matter, the builders of the world’s largest wildlife corridor are in the same boat as gardeners everywhere.

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