Shuttle

Shuttle

The word shuttle can have several meanings. In general, it is something which travels back and forth between places in a regular and relatively frequent manner.

Textiles

* Shuttle (weaving), a device used in weaving to carry the weft. This is the original meaning

Transportation

* Delta Shuttle
* Shuttle by United
* US Airways Shuttle
* The Space Shuttle program, or
** The Space Shuttle vehicle
* A public transport system operating at frequent intervals on a short route, often between two locations without intermediate stops. Also, the vehicle or route of the shuttle
** The New York City Subway shuttles
** "Shuttle vans" a New Zealand term for shared taxis
* Le Shuttle, the car carrying trains used in the Channel Tunnel
* Molecular shuttles: nanoscale transportation

Other

* Shuttle Inc. produces small form factor computers
* Shuttlecock, the object batted back and forth in badminton
* Shuttle vector, vector that shuttles between species, biochemistry, genetics
* Shuttle machinery, as used in extrusion blow molding
* Shuttle (game), a computer game produced by Virgin
* River Shuttle, a river of southeast London England
* Shuttle bombing, a WWII strategic bombing tactic to confuse enemy defenses by landing all or part of an Allied bombing mission at another country instead of returning directly to the takeoff base
* Shuttle (Star Trek) a Star Trek vehicle.


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  • Shuttle — Shuttle …   Deutsch Wörterbuch

  • Shuttle — Shut tle, n. [Also shittle, OE. schitel, scytyl, schetyl; cf. OE. schitel a bolt of a door, AS. scyttes; all from AS. sce[ o]tan to shoot; akin to Dan. skyttel, skytte, shuttle, dial. Sw. skyttel, sk[ o]ttel. [root]159. See {Shoot}, and cf.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • shuttle — shut‧tle [ˈʆʌtl] noun [countable] TRAVEL a plane, bus, or train that goes backwards and forwards between two places: • The hotel provides a shuttle bus that takes you to and from the airport. * * * shuttle UK US /ˈʃʌtl/ noun [C] TRANSPORT ► a… …   Financial and business terms

  • shuttle — [shut′ l] n. [ME schutylle < OE scytel, missile < base of sceotan, to SHOOT: so called because shot to and fro with the thread in weaving] 1. a) an instrument containing a reel or spool of the woof thread, used in weaving to carry the… …   English World dictionary

  • shuttle — [n] space shuttle airplane, plane, shuttle bus, spacecraft, spaceport, train, transporter; concept 504 shuttle [v] travel back and forth commute, drive back and forth, go back and forth, transport to and fro, travel; concept 224 …   New thesaurus

  • Shuttle — Shut tle, v. i. To move backwards and forwards, like a shuttle. [1913 Webster] I had to fly far and wide, shutting athwart the big Babel, wherever his calls and pauses had to be. Carlyle. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • shuttle — /ʃʌtl/, it. / ʃat:ol/ s. ingl. [abbrev. della locuz. space shuttle navicella spaziale ], usatoin ital. al masch. (aeron.) [veicolo in grado di compiere ripetuti voli nello spazio] ▶◀ navetta spaziale …   Enciclopedia Italiana

  • shuttle — ► NOUN 1) a form of transport that travels regularly between two places. 2) (in weaving) a bobbin with two pointed ends used for carrying the weft thread across the cloth, between the warp threads. 3) a bobbin carrying the lower thread in a… …   English terms dictionary

  • Shuttle — Shuttle,der:1.⇨Pendelverkehr–2.⇨Zubringer(1)–3.⇨Raumfähre …   Das Wörterbuch der Synonyme

  • shuttle — /ˈʃattəl, ingl. ˈʃʌt(J)l/ [vc. ingl. d origine germ., «navetta»] s. m. inv. navetta spaziale, navetta …   Sinonimi e Contrari. Terza edizione

  • shuttle — DEFINICIJA v. šatl …   Hrvatski jezični portal

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