different between transportation vs erector

English

Etymology

From transport +? -ation.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /t?ænsp???te???n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /t?ænsp??te???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n
• Hyphenation: trans?por?ta?tion
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

transportation (usually uncountable, plural transportations)

1. The act of transporting, or the state of being transported; conveyance, often of people, goods etc.

   We have to get people out of their cars and encourage them to use alternative forms of transportation.

2. (historical) Deportation to a penal colony.

   Mulligan's sentence was commuted from death to transportation.

3. (US) A means of conveyance.

   Nice transportation, dude, but your brake lights are busted.

4. (US) A ticket or fare.
   • 1898, Willa Cather, The Westbound Train

     Sybil: [..] That reminds me, I haven't got my passes yet! Have you the transportation here from Cheyenne to San Francisco for Mrs. S. Johnston?"

     (Agent looks grave, goes back and fumbles at the papers on his desk, returns to the window with a slip of paper in his hand.)

     Agent: "We had transportation here made out for such a person, but it was called for several hours ago."

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• erectour (obsolete, rare)

Noun

erector (plural erectors)

1. A person who, or a device which erects.
   • 2014, Mike Riley, Alison Cotgrave, Construction Technology 2: Industrial and Commercial Building

     At this stage of the construction process the only people on the site would normally be groundworkers and the steel erectors, followed by the roof cladders.

2. (anatomy) Any of several muscles that make parts of the body erect.
3. An attachment to a microscope, telescope, etc. for making the image erect instead of inverted.
4. (astronautics) A vehicle used to support a rocket for transportation and for placing the rocket in an upright position within a gantry scaffold.

Derived terms

• erector spinae

Anagrams

• Tercero

Romanian

Etymology

From French érecteur

Noun

erector n (plural erectori)

1. erector

Declension