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transportation |
2 definitions found 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 1.6 [wn]: transportation n 1: 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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