superhighway

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- English highway English superhighway From super- + highway.

1. An expressway, especially one designed for high speeds.
2. A major route that carries most of the traffic going in a given direction by a specified mode of transportation.

   “We cannot and should not be rebuilding old "two lane" sections of the air transport system with segments having "eight lane superhighway" capacity without knowing the full economic, safety, and environmental impacts of the entire air traffic superhighway.”

   “By 1400, however, Western Europeans had developed their own versions of oceangoing ships, and these transformed the much narrower Atlantic Ocean from a barrier into a superhighway.”

3. The primary mechanism used in the movement of electronic data or information; information superhighway.

   “In the discussion about the pros and cons of the electronic superhighway, people often refer to the Internet.”

   “How should we reinterpret the universal service obligation for the superhighway? It is clear that price is already a barrier to access to the basic telephone service.”