transportability


trans·port

T0324200 (trăns-pôrt′)tr.v. trans·port·ed, trans·port·ing, trans·ports 1. To move or carry (goods, for example) from one place to another; convey. See Synonyms at carry.2. To cause to feel strong emotion, especially joy; carry away; enrapture.3. To send abroad to a penal colony; deport.n. (trăns′pôrt′)1. The act of transporting; conveyance.2. The condition of being transported by emotion; joy or rapture.3. A ship or aircraft used to transport troops or military equipment.4. A vehicle, such as an aircraft, used to transport passengers, mail, or freight.5. a. The system of transporting passengers or goods in a particular country or area.b. The vehicles, such as buses and trains, used in such a system.6. A deported convict.
[Middle English transporten, from Old French transporter, from Latin trānsportāre : trāns-, trans- + portāre, to carry; see per- in Indo-European roots.]
trans·port′a·bil′i·ty n.trans·port′a·ble adj.trans·port′er n.trans·por′tive adj.

transportability

The capability of material to be moved by towing, self-propulsion, or carrier via any means, such as railways, highways, waterways, pipelines, oceans, and airways.