transportability

Variant of transport

transport definition

trans·port (trans pôrt′; also, and for n. always, trans′pôrt′)

transitive verb

  1. to carry from one place to another, esp. over long distances
  2. to carry away with emotion; enrapture; entrance
  3. to carry off to a penal colony, etc.; banish; deport

Etymology: ME transporten < MFr transporter < L transportare, to carry across < trans-, over, across + portare, to carry: see port

noun

  1. the act, process, or means of transporting; transportation; conveyance
  2. strong emotion, esp. of delight or joy; rapture
  3. a ship, airplane, train, etc. used to transport soldiers, freight, etc.
  4. a convict sentenced to transportation

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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