Congestion: Definition from Answers.com
The restriction of the use of a facility by over-use. The term is generally used to indicate the slowing of urban traffic because too many vehicles are competing for too little space, but it can be applied to any excessive demand for any facility, when use exceeds carrying capacity. Congestion on a routeway depends on the carrying capacity of the route, the volume of traffic, and the varying proportions of the total freight and passenger traffic carried by competing means of transport (the modal split). The effects of congestion involve long, frustrating, and often costly, delays, road accidents, air pollution, and noise, all of which create an externality to the urban economy. They are, however, difficult to quantify in terms of cost and the individual may have little control over them.
Dansk (Danish)
n. - overbelastning, overbefolkning, akkumulering, kongestion
Français (French)
n. - congestion, embouteillage, encombrement, (Méd) congestion
Deutsch (German)
n. - Stau, Gedränge
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - συνωστισμός, (φυσιολ.) συμφόρηση, υπεραιμία
Italiano (Italian)
congestione, ingorgo, congestione del traffico stradale, caldana
Português (Portuguese)
n. - congestão (f), congestão (f) (Med.), congestionamento (m)
Русский (Russian)
перенаселенность, загруженность, закупорка
Español (Spanish)
n. - congestión, atasco, embotellamiento, acaloramiento
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - blodstockning, stockning (trafik mm), överbelastning, överbefolkning
中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
拥塞, 充血, 挤满
中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 擁塞, 充血, 擠滿
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 密集, 雑踏, 充血, うっ血, 過剰
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - צפיפות, הצטברות
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