traffic light

1. A signalling device positioned at a road intersection or pedestrian crossing indicating the moment it is safe to drive, ride or walk, using a universal color code.

   Ampel, Verkehrsampel, Robot

   светофо́рsvetofór

   світлофо́рsvitlofór

2. A signalling device positioned at a road intersection or pedestrian crossing indicating the moment it is safe to drive, ride or walk, using a universal color code.

   (usually plural)A road intersection controlled by one or more such devices.

   How do I get to the hospital? ~ You go straight on to the traffic lights, then turn left at the traffic lights and the hospital is on your right.

3. A colour code using the three signals of a traffic light (green, yellow or amber, and red) as a metaphor.

   The Department of Health recommends that food packaging display the recommended daily intake with a traffic light system, for ease of understanding.

4. The colored dots on stamp sheet margins printed with offset printing or photogravure methods, used by the printers to check color accuracy.

5. In Conway's Game of Life, an arrangement of four blinkers that are orthogonally equidistant from a central point.

1. The traffic light changed to red.

   Сигнал світлофора змінився на червоний.

   ruСигнал светофора сменился на красный.

   deDie Verkehrsampel wurde rot.

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2. The traffic lights were all red.

   Всі світлофори були червоними.

   deDie Ampeln waren alle rot.

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3. Traffic lights work all the time.

   Світлофор працює весь час.

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4. The traffic light turned green.

   Світлофор засвітився зеленим.

   ruНа светофоре зажёгся зелёный.

   deDie Ampel wurde grün.

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5. We stopped at a traffic light.

   ruМы остановились у светофора.

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