trans·port

(trăns-pôrt′)

tr.v. trans·port·ed, trans·port·ing, trans·ports

1. To move or carry (goods, for example) from one place to another; convey. See Synonyms at carry.

2. To cause to feel strong emotion, especially joy; carry away; enrapture.

3. To send abroad to a penal colony; deport.

n. (trăns′pôrt′)

1. The act of transporting; conveyance.

2. The condition of being transported by emotion; joy or rapture.

3. A ship or aircraft used to transport troops or military equipment.

4. A vehicle, such as an aircraft, used to transport passengers, mail, or freight.

a. The system of transporting passengers or goods in a particular country or area.

b. The vehicles, such as buses and trains, used in such a system.

6. A deported convict.

[Middle English transporten, from Old French transporter, from Latin trānsportāre : trāns-, trans- + portāre, to carry; see per- in Indo-European roots.]

trans·port′a·bil′i·ty n.

trans·port′a·ble adj.

trans·port′er n.

trans·por′tive adj.

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transportability

The capability of material to be moved by towing, self-propulsion, or carrier via any means, such as railways, highways, waterways, pipelines, oceans, and airways.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.

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Information on dimensions, weights and cubes for all Army equipment is on the CD-ROM and web versions of TB 55-46-1, Standard Characteristics (Dimensions, Weight and Cube) for Transportability of Military Vehicles and Other Outsized/ Overweight Equipment.

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