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AIR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does air transportation system mean? 

AIR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM (noun)
  The noun AIR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM has 1 sense:

1. a transportation system for moving passengers or goods by airplay

  Familiarity information: AIR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


AIR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A transportation system for moving passengers or goods by air

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("air transportation system" is a kind of...):

transit; transportation; transportation system (a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "air transportation system"):

hub-and-spoke; hub-and-spoke system (a system of air transportation in which local airports offer air transportation to a central airport where long-distance flights are available)


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