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layover Definition

lay·over (-ō′vər)

noun

a stopping for a while in some place during a journey

Etymology: < phr. layover (see lay)

layover Synonyms

layover

n.

break, hiatus, rest; see delay 1, pause 1, 2, respite.

layover Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • have: In general, you passengers have stopovers, we airline crews have layovers.
  • foreshorten: Image characteristics such as foreshortening, layover, and shadowing will be subject to wide variations, across a large incidence angle range.
  • take: As a result coaches and busses of various operators had to use New road and The Oxpens to turn vehicles around and take layovers.

Preposition: at

  • end: Add 1 minute for Tamworth Road and a ten minute service needs 9 streetcars, with 6 mins layover at each end on average.

Adjective modifier

  • short: After a short layover, we then flew on back to Cairns, Australia.
  • overnight: This coach was on overnight layover in VCS last Wednesday.

Modifies a noun

  • time: Layover time for Oxford Tubes seems now to be taken in a side street near VCS in London.
  • bay: To finish with a representative selection of the fleet, conveniently posed in the layover bay at St Peter Port Bus Station.
  • hotel: Layover hotels are a quality of life issue for all Flight Attendants.
  • point: This is the layover point for the 720 service in Santa Monica, which is next to the Big Blue Bus Depot.
  • area: BH&D 503 takes a break in the car park 1 bus layover area.
  • effect: Layover effects on a radar image look very similar to effects due to foreshortening.

Noun used with modifier

  • bus: Part of the nearby Triangle car park may be used for bus layover to facilitate the development.
  • minute: The 50 minute layover is now at Aylesbury rather than Luton.
  • hour: The flights we used ( cashing in some of our frequent flyer miles ) meant an eight hour layover in LA.

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