Confliction

//kənˈflɪk.ʃən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A conflicting condition; conflict. countable, uncountable

    "It will also enable slower-moving freight trains to be recessed in the new down goods loop to await, if necessary, a suitable margin before proceeding to Stafford or Stoke and so reduce confliction with other main-line trains."

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"It will also enable slower-moving freight trains to be recessed in the new down goods loop to await, if necessary, a suitable margin before proceeding to Stafford or Stoke and so reduce confliction with other main-line trains."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin conflictiō (“collision; conflict”), from Latin cōnflictus, from cōnfligō (“clash; collide”, verb).

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