interchange
nounUK /ˈɪntə(ɹ).tʃeɪndʒ/ · US /ˈɪntɚt͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒ/
Etymology From Old French entrechange, by surface analysis, inter- + change.
1
An act of interchanging.
- That was one of three superb saves Hennessey made in the opening 45 minutes, the best of which was from Dzeko, who had been released by a slick interchange involving Silva and Sergio Aguero.2011 October 29, Neil Johnston, “Norwich 3 - 3 Blackburn”, in BBC Sport:
2
A highway junction in which traffic may change from one road to another without crossing a stream of traffic.
3
A junction in which traffic may merge to enter or diverge to exit a limited-access highway to access a surface street, without crossing traffic on the main highway.
4
Rail transport, Railways, Transport A connection between two or more lines, services or modes of transport; a station at which such a connection can be made.
- Holborn tube station is the only interchange between the London Underground Central and Piccadilly Lines.
- Moving on again, I catch another GWR Class 802 bound for Oxford via the Cotswold Line. Our first stop is at one of the newest stations on the network - Worcestershire Parkway, which opened on February 23. It's a four-platform (actually three-platform) split-level interchange with the line from Birmingham to Bristol.2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 67:
5
A back-and-forth interaction; an exchange.
- David and I were not "intimate" friends. There was always a certain old-worldly formality about our interchanges. There was something professorial and distant about David, something that commanded respect, partially, I think, because he was so respectful himself.1984 December 15, Nancy Walker, “Remembering David Stryker”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 22, page 5:
- Antonyms
- outerchange
- Derived terms
- cloverleaf interchange, electronic data interchange, partial cloverleaf interchange, preinterchange, single-point urban interchange, system interchange, transport interchange