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Definition of Transportable
1. Adjective. Capable of being moved or conveyed from one place to another.
Similar to: Mobile
Derivative terms: Movability, Movableness, Move, Move
Definition of Transportable
1. a. Capable of being transported.
Definition of Transportable
1. Adjective. Capable of being transported; easily moved. ¹
2. Adjective. (dated) Incurring the punishment of transportation or exile to another place. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Transportable
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Transportable
Literary usage of Transportable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Searchlights: Their Theory, Construction and Applications by F. Nerz (1907)
"transportable POWER SUPPLY FOR SEARCHLIGHTS. THE first transportable power waggons
for searchlights were made by the firm of Sautter, Lemonier & Co., Paris. ..."
2. A Guide to the Aseptic Treatment of Wounds by Curt Schimmelbusch (1895)
"transportable STERILIZER FOR INSTRUMENTS (OPEN). (It may be placed upon the stove
or heated by means of a spirit lamp.) Figures 5 and 6 represent a ..."
3. Lectures on Practical Astronomy and Astronomical Instruments by James Challis (1879)
"... with respect to the purposes to which Practical Astronomy is applied in the
use of transportable instruments, such as those I am now about to treat of. ..."
4. The New Knowledge Library: Science, Invention, Discovery, Progress by Emory Adams Allen (1919)
"transportable BARRICADE. From Press Illustrating Service. A transportable Iron
barricade, mounted on wheels. nsed to protect soldiers on the firing line. ..."
5. U. S. Navy Diving Manual: Air Diving (1999)
"Modernized Chamber Gas Supply and Exhaust Drawing. consists of two pressure
chambers, one is a conical shaped chamber (Figure D-8) called the transportable ..."
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