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interurban, a. and n.|ɪntərˈɜːbən|
[f. inter- 4 b + L. urb-em city: cf. urban.]
a. Carried on between, or connecting, different cities or towns.
1883Harper's Mag. May 927/1 The..increasing volume of inter-urban commerce. 1892Daily News 9 Aug. 5/4 The inter-urban line runs electric trains from the business centre in St. Paul to the business centre in Minneapolis. 1898Engineering Mag. May 163/1 A finely-illustrated description of an English inter-urban street railway. 1901Westm. Gaz. 15 Feb. 4/3 The Minister of the Interior [in Spain] has prohibited inter-urban telephonic communication. 1903Ibid. 14 May 16/3 In the provision of means of inter-urban transport, London was originally..not inferior to any other city. 1962Coast to Coast 1961–62 72 The cameras zoomed to a middle-aged man alighting from an inter-urban Hovercraft. 1971Selling Today Sept. 4/3 Inter-urban motorways.
b. Ellipt. as n., an interurban railway or train. U.S.
1912Out West Mar. 204/1 There is no more beautiful road..than the Los Angeles interurban through Azusa. 1948Daily Ardmoreite (Ardmore, Okla.) 11 Apr. 1/6 Fifty persons were hurt..when two interurbans smashed head-on. |