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noun
1.
a gallery or passage connecting parts of a building; hallway.
2.
a passage into which several rooms or apartments open.
3.
a passageway in a passenger ship or railroad car permitting access to separate cabins or compartments.
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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.
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EXPANDa 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.
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Aeronautics. a restricted path along which an aircraft must travel to avoid hostile action, other air traffic, etc.
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COLLAPSEAerospace. 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.
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corridor
1590s, from It. corridore "a gallery," lit. "a runner," from correre "to run," from L. currere (see current). Originally of fortifications, meaning "long hallway" is first recorded 1814.
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