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tape transport

–noun Recording.
transport (def. 12).

Origin:
1950–55

trans⋅port

[v. trans-pawrt, -pohrt; n. trans-pawrt, -pohrt]
–verb (used with object)
1. to carry, move, or convey from one place to another.
2. to carry away by strong emotion; enrapture.
3. to send into banishment, esp. to a penal colony.
–noun
4. the act of transporting or conveying; conveyance.
5. a means of transporting or conveying, as a truck or bus.
6. a ship or plane employed for transporting soldiers, military stores, etc.
7. an airplane carrying freight or passengers as part of a transportation system.
8. a system of public travel.
9. transportation (def. 6).
10. strong emotion; ecstatic joy, bliss, etc.
11. a convict sent into banishment, esp. to a penal colony: The country had been colonized largely by transports.
12. Recording. Also called tape transport. a mechanism that moves magnetic tape past the head in a tape deck or tape recorder.

Origin:
1325–75; ME transporten (v.) < L trānsportāre to carry across. See trans-, port 5


trans⋅port⋅a⋅ble, adjective
trans⋅port⋅a⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, noun
trans⋅port⋅ive, adjective


1. See carry. 10. rapture, happiness. See ecstasy.
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Main Entry: 2trans·port
Pronunciation: 'tran(t)s-"pO(&)rt, -"po(&)rt
Function: noun
: an act or process of transporting;specifically : ACTIVE TRANSPORT
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transport trans·port (trāns'pôrt')
n.
The movement or transference of biochemical substances that occurs in biological systems.

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