Hypertext Webster Gateway: "transportation"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Transportation \Trans`por*ta"tion\, n. [L. transportatio: cf. F.
transportation.]
1. The act of transporting, or the state of being
transported; carriage from one place to another; removal;
conveyance.
To provide a vessel for their transportation. --Sir
H. Wotton.
2. Transport; ecstasy. [R.] --South.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
transportation
n 1: facility consisting of the roads and equipment necessary for
the movement of passengers or goods [syn: {transportation
system}, {transit}]
2: the act of transporting something from one location to
another [syn: {transfer}, {transferral}, {conveyance}]
3: the federal department that institutes and coordinates
national transportation programs; created in 1966 [syn: {Department
of Transportation}, {Transportation}]
4: the commercial enterprise of transporting goods and
materials [syn: {shipping}, {transport}]
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