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Definition of Transportation system
1. Noun. A facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods.
Terms within: Airfield, Field, Flying Field, Landing Field, Bridge, Span, Line, Public Transport, Depot, Terminal, Terminus, Way
Specialized synonyms: Air Transportation System, Highway System, Public Transit, Short Line, Telferage, Telpherage
Generic synonyms: Facility, Installation
Group relationships: Base, Infrastructure
Derivative terms: Transit, Transport
Lexicographical Neighbors of Transportation System
Literary usage of Transportation system
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Personal Cars and China =: Si Ren Jiao Che Yu Zhongguo by Zhongguo gong cheng yuan, National Research Council (U.S.) (2003)
"Some roads are underused, and the rail transportation system is not used efficiently.
... Shanghai's comprehensive transportation system will consist ..."
2. A History of Commerce by Clive Day (1907)
"Importance of roads in the present transportation system. — A word of warning
may be advisable before we ..."
3. A History of Commerce by Clive Day (1914)
"Importance of roads in the present transportation system. — A word of warning
may be advisable before we ..."
4. The planning of the modern city: A Review of the Principles Governing City by Nelson Peter Lewis (1916)
"... CHAPTER V THE transportation system 'T^HE modern city owes, in most cases its
genesis, and in all -•- cases its growth and prosperity, to its facilities ..."
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