transporter

1 a long truck for carrying motor vehicles [syn: car transporter]

2 a crane for moving material with dispatch as in loading and unloading ships

3 a moving belt that transports objects (as in a factory) [syn: conveyer belt, conveyor belt, conveyer, conveyor]

English

Etymology

-er transport

Noun

1. A long truck / lorry for carrying vehicles
2. A type of crane for loading / unloading a ship
3. A conveyor belt that transports objects in a factory etc
4. a teleportation machine

Derived terms

• transporter bridge

French

Etymology

From transportare.

Pronunciation

Verb

transporter

1. to transport

Conjugation

Transporter may refer to vehicles or transport:

• transporter, a business or person involved in the transport of goods or people
• transporter, a vehicle used to transport objects or material, especially a heavy hauler or related type of truck
• Transporter wagon for carrying wagons of one gauge on another gauge.
• animal transporter, a vehicle for transporting animals
• the Volkswagen Transporter, a model of van from Volkswagen and its variants:
  • VW Type 2, the original rear engine Volkswagen Transporter
  • VW Eurovan, the front engine Volkswagen Transporter produced from 1990

Transporter may also refer to:

• Membrane transport proteins, move molecules across biological membranes.
• The Transporter, a 2002 action movie starring Jason Statham
  • Its sequel Transporter 2.
• Transporter, an Australian band
• Transporter (album), a 2004 self-published album by Immaculate Machine

The term transporter may also be used to refer to a device in science fiction:

• Teleportation devices, commonplace in science fiction.
• Transporter (Star Trek), teleportation devices in the Star Trek universe.
• Stargate usages:
  • Atlantis teleporters — a technology used by the Ancients for transposing the contents of two teleporter rooms on Atlantis
  • Asgard beaming device — a technology used by the Asgard for orbital ship to planetary surface or closer transport
  • Ring Transporter — a technology used by the Goa'uld and Tok'ra for orbital ship to planetary surface or closer transpositioning via a set of rings that pop out of the ground or ceiling to surround the subjects at both ends
  • Thor's Hammer — an automated teleportation device set up by the Asgard on one planet near the stargate to protect the planet's population from the Goa'uld.
  • Wraith transporter — a technology used by the Wraith for transporting from a planetary surface to their Dart (low-altitude raiding) ships
• An iron clad gun ship, blockade runner, freighter, ram mounting around fifty cannons that appeared in First Earth.

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