ˌtranzpə(r)ˈtashən, ˌtraan-, -n(t)sp- noun
( -s )
Etymology: Latin transportat us (past participle of transportare to transport) + English -ion
1.
a. : an act, process, or instance of transporting or being transported
arranging for the transportation of his luggage
transportation of the troops overseas is accomplished by ships and planes
b. : the conveyance or movement of sediment or rock materials either as solid particles or in solution from one place to another on or near the earth's surface by water, ice, air, or gravity
2. obsolete : transport 3
3. : banishment usually to a penal colony — compare deportation
was convicted and sentenced to transportation for life — Joseph Chiari
4.
a. : means of conveyance or travel from one place to another
his transportation is a battered coupé — Phoenix Flame
cluttering up the road with transportation — G.S.Patton
also : the cost of such means of conveyance or travel
the state providing transportation for each child … to the extent of 70 cents per day — American Guide Series: Minnesota
b. : public conveyance of passengers, goods, or materials especially as a commercial enterprise
a single railroad … monopolizes all the railroad transportation through that valley — O.W.Holmes †1935
nation whose very existence … depends on transportation — Motor Transportation in the West