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transport (s) (noun), transports (pl)
1. The act of moving items from one location to another: The farmer planned the immediate transport of the wheat from the field to the storage place because of the expected stormy weather that was predicted to come.
2. The state or condition of rapture or strong, overwhelming emotions: Shareen felt the transport of the beautiful music from her radio as she was cleaning her apartment.
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transport (verb), transports; transported; transporting
1. To carry or to convey something or people from one place to another one: Hundreds of refugees have beenĀ transported by means of trains and busses from their home country, which is still in the middle of a war, to another new peaceful country.
2. To put someone in a state of intense or uncontrollable emotion: Joe's girl friend was transported with great joy when he told her that he loved her and wanted to marry her.
To carry away with rapture or strong emotion.
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This entry is located in the following units: port-, portat- (page 5) trans-, tran-, tra- (page 16)
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electron transport (s) (noun), electron transports (pl)
A process of biological oxidation in which electrons are transferred from a reduced substrate through a series of compounds to oxygen, the energy of the process being conserved by the formation of high-energy bonds in the form of adenosine triphosphate (an organic compound composed of adenine or base, the sugar ribose, and three phosphate groups) which serves as the major energy source within a cell to drive a number of biological processes; such as, photosynthesis, muscle contraction, and the synthesis of proteins.
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To enrapture, charm, or delight someone with great pleasure and happiness. (1)