Transportation
noun
The act of moving people or things from one place to another.
Public transportation in the city is very efficient.
Often appears as...
- public transportation
- transportation system
noun
The system or business of moving people or things from one place to another.
She works for a large transportation company.
Often appears as...
- transportation company
- transportation logistics
noun
The act of sending someone to a prison far away as a punishment.
In the 19th century, transportation of convicts to Australia was common.
Often appears as...
- transportation of convicts
- penal transportation
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Historical
noun
The field of study that deals with the planning, design, operation and management of transport systems.
He is majoring in transportation engineering.
Often appears as...
- transportation engineering
- transportation planning
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Academic
noun
The act of moving people or things from one place to another.
Public transportation in the city is very efficient.
Often appears as...
- public transportation
- transportation system
noun
The system or business of moving people or things from one place to another.
She works for a large transportation company.
Often appears as...
- transportation company
- transportation logistics
noun
The act of sending someone to a prison far away as a punishment.
In the 19th century, transportation of convicts to Australia was common.
Often appears as...
- transportation of convicts
- penal transportation
Usage tips
Formal
Historical
noun
The field of study that deals with the planning, design, operation and management of transport systems.
He is majoring in transportation engineering.
Often appears as...
- transportation engineering
- transportation planning
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Public vs Private
Distinguish between public buses and private cars when discussing transportation options.
I prefer public transportation to avoid parking hassle.
Pro Tip 2/3Environmental Impact
Discuss how different modes of transportation affect the environment.
Biking is a form of transportation that's eco-friendly.
Pro Tip 3/3Safety Concerns
Safety is often a topic in transportation conversations, like seatbelts in cars.
Transportation safety regulations are strict for airlines.
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How to build a fictional...
Where do the inhabitants live and work and go to school? What do they eat and how do they play? How do they treat their young and their old? What relationships do they have with the animals and plants of the world? And what do those animals and plants look like? What kind of technology exists? Transportation?
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Jonathan Foley: The...
gases going into the atmosphere from human activity. That's more than all our transportation. It's more than all our electricity. It's more than all other manufacturing, in fact. It's the single largest emitter of greenhouse gases of any human activity in the world. And yet, we don't talk about it very much.
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Jonas Eliasson: How to...
lots of roads dispersed over large areas, almost no public transportation. And then you have the emerging world cities, with a mixed variety of vehicles, mixed land-use patterns, also rather dispersed but often with a very dense urban core. And traffic planners all around the world have tried
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Andreas Raptopoulos: No...
Over time, we would hope it would become a new platform for economic transactions, lifting millions of people out of poverty. In the developed world and the emerging world, we would hope it would become a new mode of transportation that could help make our cities more livable.
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Under the hood: The...
There are over one billion cars in the world today, getting people where they need to go, but cars aren't just a mode of transportation, they're also a chemistry lesson waiting to be taught. The process of starting your car begins in the engine cylinders,
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have for business of like mesmo the grand male is amazed for other people and they also I also learn a business over like transportation so that the people they can go from places to places I mean well I think you've helped your sister's go
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What a driverless world...
for billions of years. It has been testing countless solutions to move nutrients, gases and proteins. It really is the world's most sophisticated transportation laboratory. So, what if the solution to our traffic challenges was inside us?
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Forget Everything You...
consists of first horse tail and club moss which confusingly enough isn't moss they're more advanced in them bryophytes when it comes to water transportation their life cycle is pretty much still the same as prior fights and algae but
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secreted by specialized fibroblast cells. Well-arranged ECM allows for transportation of nutrients, cell-to-cell communication, and cell adhesion. But when a deep wound occurs, this arrangement is disrupted.
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Parasites Hitch a Ride...
crabs barnacles shrimp oysters algae and other life-forms have all been seen on the Turtles the non parasitic organisms mainly used the turtle as a form of transportation
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How to build a fictional...
Where do the inhabitants live and work and go to school? What do they eat and how do they play? How do they treat their young and their old? What relationships do they have with the animals and plants of the world? And what do those animals and plants look like? What kind of technology exists? Transportation?
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Jonathan Foley: The...
gases going into the atmosphere from human activity. That's more than all our transportation. It's more than all our electricity. It's more than all other manufacturing, in fact. It's the single largest emitter of greenhouse gases of any human activity in the world. And yet, we don't talk about it very much.
Video examples
Jonas Eliasson: How to...
lots of roads dispersed over large areas, almost no public transportation. And then you have the emerging world cities, with a mixed variety of vehicles, mixed land-use patterns, also rather dispersed but often with a very dense urban core. And traffic planners all around the world have tried
Video examples
Andreas Raptopoulos: No...
Over time, we would hope it would become a new platform for economic transactions, lifting millions of people out of poverty. In the developed world and the emerging world, we would hope it would become a new mode of transportation that could help make our cities more livable.
Video examples
Under the hood: The...
There are over one billion cars in the world today, getting people where they need to go, but cars aren't just a mode of transportation, they're also a chemistry lesson waiting to be taught. The process of starting your car begins in the engine cylinders,
Video examples
Catching up with...
have for business of like mesmo the grand male is amazed for other people and they also I also learn a business over like transportation so that the people they can go from places to places I mean well I think you've helped your sister's go
Video examples
What a driverless world...
for billions of years. It has been testing countless solutions to move nutrients, gases and proteins. It really is the world's most sophisticated transportation laboratory. So, what if the solution to our traffic challenges was inside us?
Video examples
Forget Everything You...
consists of first horse tail and club moss which confusingly enough isn't moss they're more advanced in them bryophytes when it comes to water transportation their life cycle is pretty much still the same as prior fights and algae but
Video examples
How do scars form? -...
secreted by specialized fibroblast cells. Well-arranged ECM allows for transportation of nutrients, cell-to-cell communication, and cell adhesion. But when a deep wound occurs, this arrangement is disrupted.
Video examples
Parasites Hitch a Ride...
crabs barnacles shrimp oysters algae and other life-forms have all been seen on the Turtles the non parasitic organisms mainly used the turtle as a form of transportation
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Jens Martin Skibsted
Danish Designer
It is widely accepted and understood that consumer decisions are as much influenced by emotional attachments to a product or service as by factors like price and performance. So why is it that when it comes to most aspects of human transportation, the world still seems to believe people are rational machines?
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Jeff Bezos
American Businessman
Two kids in their dorm room can't start anything important in space today. That's why I want to take the assets I have from Amazon and translate that into the heavy-lifting infrastructure that will allow the next generation to have dynamic entrepreneurialism in space, to build that transportation network.
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Julia Glass
American Novelist
I talked late, swam late, did not learn to ride a bike until college - and might never have walked or learned to drive a car if my parents hadn't overruled my lack of motivation and virtually forced me to embrace both forms of transportation. I suspect I was happy to sit in a corner with a book.
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Erykah Badu
American Musician
What does music mean to me? I don't think I would really be much without it, without it coming through me. It's my means of communication, my means of growth, my means of transportation from one point in my life to another.
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Pat Cadigan
American Author
Perhaps this is because I'm from the generation that grew up watching 'The Jetsons' on TV, but I really thought we would be much more advanced in the areas of transportation and medicine.
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Neil deGrasse Tyson
American Scientist
I said that if an alien came to visit, I'd be embarrassed to tell them that we fight wars to pull fossil fuels out of the ground to run our transportation. They'd be like, 'What?
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Porter Stansberry
American Publisher
It's not hard to generate a paper fortune in a huge inflation. All you have to do is own the most important economic assets: energy, communication, and transportation.
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Jane Green
English Author
What I want in a good beach read is sunshine, drama, easy-reading and transportation to another world and other people's problems.
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Ray J
American Musician
The world is moving towards renewable green energy, and electric transportation is a big part of that.
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Dara Khosrowshahi
American Businessman
Rail in Europe is incredibly important as far as a transportation medium.
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Jens Martin Skibsted
Danish Designer
It is widely accepted and understood that consumer decisions are as much influenced by emotional attachments to a product or service as by factors like price and performance. So why is it that when it comes to most aspects of human transportation, the world still seems to believe people are rational machines?
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Jeff Bezos
American Businessman
Two kids in their dorm room can't start anything important in space today. That's why I want to take the assets I have from Amazon and translate that into the heavy-lifting infrastructure that will allow the next generation to have dynamic entrepreneurialism in space, to build that transportation network.
Quote examples
Julia Glass
American Novelist
I talked late, swam late, did not learn to ride a bike until college - and might never have walked or learned to drive a car if my parents hadn't overruled my lack of motivation and virtually forced me to embrace both forms of transportation. I suspect I was happy to sit in a corner with a book.
Quote examples
Erykah Badu
American Musician
What does music mean to me? I don't think I would really be much without it, without it coming through me. It's my means of communication, my means of growth, my means of transportation from one point in my life to another.
Quote examples
Pat Cadigan
American Author
Perhaps this is because I'm from the generation that grew up watching 'The Jetsons' on TV, but I really thought we would be much more advanced in the areas of transportation and medicine.
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Neil deGrasse Tyson
American Scientist
I said that if an alien came to visit, I'd be embarrassed to tell them that we fight wars to pull fossil fuels out of the ground to run our transportation. They'd be like, 'What?
Quote examples
Porter Stansberry
American Publisher
It's not hard to generate a paper fortune in a huge inflation. All you have to do is own the most important economic assets: energy, communication, and transportation.
Quote examples
Jane Green
English Author
What I want in a good beach read is sunshine, drama, easy-reading and transportation to another world and other people's problems.
Quote examples
Ray J
American Musician
The world is moving towards renewable green energy, and electric transportation is a big part of that.
Quote examples
Dara Khosrowshahi
American Businessman
Rail in Europe is incredibly important as far as a transportation medium.
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