English > transportation system: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact| Meaning | A facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods. |
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| Synonyms | transportation, transit |
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| Part of | infrastructure, base | The stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area |
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| Parts | airfield, landing field, flying field, field | A place where planes take off and land |
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| bridge, span | A structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc. |
| line | A commercial organization serving as a common carrier |
| public transport | conveyance for passengers or mail / mail or freight |
| terminal, terminus, depot | station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods |
| way | Any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage from one place to another |
| Narrower | air transportation system | A transportation system for moving passengers or goods by air |
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| highway system | A transportation system consisting of roads for motor transport |
| public transit | A public transportation system for moving passengers |
| short line | A transportation system that operates over relatively short distances |
| telpherage, telferage | A transportation system in which cars (telphers) are suspended from cables and operated on electricity |
| Broader | facility, installation | A building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry |
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| Spanish | sistema de transporte, tránsito, transporte |
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| Catalan | mitjà de transport, sistema de transport, transport |
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