transport

Examples

• All

• The mechanism of transport is still unknown.

  Academic text (2004)

• The only planes leaving were a military transport evacuating foreign diplomats.

  The Zookeeper (2001)

• The transport then filters and forwards the required audio and video streams to the decoders.

  Academic text (1998)

• He was arranging the sale of six canisters recovered from an old Soviet transport.

  Whiteout (2009)

• Loomis and Wynn dash across a windswept field where a Smith's Grove medical transport helicopter awaits them.

  Fiction book (1995)

• The technician checked the transport mechanism in the tape recorder to ensure the tape moved smoothly across the heads.

• This transport is essential for maintaining the quality of sound as it plays back the recorded music.

• The engineer explained how the transport system functions to move the magnetic tape precisely during recording.

Synonyms

T

tape transport

vstransport

• Archaic

7.2

Part inside a tape player that moves the tape so sound is played or recorded

is the general term for that same moving mechanism in recorders and players

Compounds

P

public transport

• UK

39 1.4

Services like buses or trains that anyone can use in a city, usually for a small fee

T

transport ship

• Specialized

8 4.0

A ship that carries soldiers or military equipment

A

air transport

3 2.7

The movement of people or goods by plane

T

troop transport

• Specialized

2 4.9

A vehicle like a truck, ship, or helicopter that carries soldiers

C

combined transport bill of lading

• Specialized

8.6

A document that makes one company responsible for goods moved by two or more kinds of transport

A

active transport

• Specialized

3.9

To move a substance across a cell membrane from low to high concentration using energy

A

active transport

• Specialized

3.5

Travel by walking or cycling for everyday trips

P

passive transport

• Specialized

4.1

Movement of substances like oxygen across a cell membrane without using the cell's energy

T

tape transport

• Archaic

7.2

Part inside a tape player that moves the tape so sound is played or recorded

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology