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noun

overcrowding; clogging: severe traffic congestion.

an excessive or abnormal accumulation of blood or other fluid in a body part or blood vessel: pulmonary congestion.

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Origin:
1585–95; < Latin congestiō. See congest, -ion

Related forms

non·con·ges·tion, noun

pre·con·ges·tion, noun

su·per·con·ges·tion, noun

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Albany leaders say they have a deal on congestion pricing and campaign finance.

I've had a cold lately, with lots of chest congestion.

The city has become gridlocked, with rush-hours replaced by semi-permanent congestion.

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Albany leaders say they have a deal on congestion pricing and campaign finance.

I've had a cold lately, with lots of chest congestion.

The city has become gridlocked, with rush-hours replaced by semi-permanent congestion.

There are several processes that cause congestion to seemingly appear out of nowhere only to slowly vanish as you drive through.

Many small and mid-sized cities simply don't have the money to conduct traffic studies that would ease congestion.

Bloomberg spoke hypothetically about the congestion pricing proposal he is all but.

Re dairy products: they seem to cause congestion and general puffiness and water retention.

Gone are broadcast radio's difficulties with waveband congestion.

These molds can cause allergic reactions ranging from congestion to bleeding in the lungs.

The new study indicates that congestion in axons is the likely culprit behind amyloid-filled plaques and tau-rich tangles.

The new technique does not manage congestion based on the protocol or application a consumer uses.

Introducing congestion pricing on a wide scale will mean overcoming powerful cultural and psychological obstacles.

All this wastes fuel and causes congestion and delays.

Traffic congestion makes for a long, slow slog along the coastal route.

For cost and congestion reasons, you want to minimize the number of buses you purchase.

Aa new highway opens later this week, promising to relieve traffic congestion and move freight.

Use congestion charges and higher gas taxes and fees for street parking.

The benefits would come from reduced congestion and lower fuel consumption.

Riding the shuttle is convenient and alleviates traffic and parking congestion.

Most of the congestion and excess fuel consumption is in major metropolitan areas.

And because of its slim proportions, it won't cause or get stuck in congestion.

Bloomberg's congestion pricing proposal got a huge boost this morning.

And he never managed to implement congestion charging.

Most of the congestion in the park is on the roads, so get out of the car as much as possible.

He also points out that the torrent of cancel messages will make existing bandwidth congestion worse.

Bloomberg's ambitious congestion pricing was supposed.

The extra mileage flown by planes is usually caused by congestion at airports.

Burger has suggested it was built for elites wanting to escape the noise and congestion of the city.

And he says cuts in congestion from fewer cars on the road will bump average city speeds by ten percent.

Congestion pricing is in the news, but urban dreamers have come up with an array of ways to produce a greener, more walkable city.

It therefore reduces the rate at which it sends subsequent packets, only ramping that rate up again when the congestion has eased.

Yet an imperfect system can also increase traffic congestion caused by circling for on-street parking.

Both wireless and fixed broadband service providers will have to explain how they manage congestion on their networks.

The cause was lung congestion and heart failure, hospital officials said.

These include checking your car's tyre pressures before you go on holiday, watching your speed and avoiding congestion.

In fact, governments are neither keeping up with road maintenance nor are they relieving congestion.

To break the cycle, people often must put up with a few days of severe nasal congestion until the withdrawal reaction subsides.

Then they examined the costs of extra congestion and of new public services, such as schools, sewers and so forth.

Research shows that huge colonies of marauding army ants use simple movement rules to minimize congestion along forest trails.

Bloomberg's proposal for a congestion pricing system that would.

Congestion on lines carrying power from north to south raises the risk of blackouts.

Congestion not only hampered the visitor experience, it threatened wildlife and vegetation in the canyon.

Washburne has about recovered from his last attack of brain congestion and arose this morning feeling quite well.

Unless something is coming round, cars need not stop, so congestion is reduced and fuel is saved.

Palermo is a wonderful city for walking, despite the crushing congestion and chaos.

All over the world, railways are reviving thanks to technology, deregulation and road congestion.

Traffic lights could alert cars when they are about to change, or broadcast the latest congestion update to waiting vehicles.

Yet the government also wants to encourage electric bicycles to curb the pollution and congestion created by other vehicles.

It saves enormously on energy consumption and it diminishes highway congestion.

But there is nothing ultimate about gridlock, traffic-management systems and congestion charges.

But taxes on land or charges on congestion could raise money while improving the economic climate within the area being taxed.

Almost as remarkable as the scale of the congestion is the seeming suddenness with which it has broken up.

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World English Dictionary

congestion (kənˈdʒɛstʃən)

—n
1.	the state of being overcrowded, esp with with traffic or people
2.	the state of being overloaded or clogged with blood
3.	the state of being blocked with mucus

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Word Origin & History

congestion

1590s, "action of gathering together," from Fr. congestion (16c.), from L. congestionem, noun of action from congerere (see congest). Medical sense is from 1630s; meaning "a crowding together of people, traffic, etc." is from 1883.

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Medical Dictionary

congestion con·ges·tion (kən-jěs'chən)
n.
The presence of an abnormal amount of fluid in a vessel or organ; especially excessive accumulation of blood, due either to increased afflux or to obstruction of return flow.

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Computing Dictionary

congestion definition

When the offered load of a data communication path exceeds the capacity.

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