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   Corridor (k?rˈr?-d?r or -d?r), n. [F., fr. Itt. corridpore, or Sp.  corredor; prop., a runner, hence, a running or long line, a gallery, fr. L.  currere to run. See Course.]
   
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   1. (Arch.) A gallery or passageway leading to several apartments of a house.
   
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   2. (Fort.) The covered way lying round the whole compass of the fortifications of a place. [R.]
   
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   3. any relatively narrow passageway or route, such as a strip of land through a foreign territory.
   
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   4. a densely populated stretch of land; as, “the Northeast corridor, extending from Richmond, Virginia into Maine”.
   
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