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[Wiktionary] The original meaning of the word SHUTTLE is the device used in
weaving to carry the weft. By reference to the continual to-and-fro motion
associated with that, the term was then applied in transportation and then in
other spheres. Thus the word may now also refer to: [TOC right]
** Transport
*** Air transport
- Air shuttle , a type of flight which quickly connects nearby destinations
- Delta Shuttle , the brand name for Delta Air Lines' air shuttle service
- Rossi Shuttle Quik , an Italian ultralight trike design
- Shuttle America , a regional airline based in Indianapolis, Indiana
- Shuttle by United , a regional airline operated as a subsidiary of United Airlines
- Shuttle Carrier Aircraft , modified Boeing 747 airliners used to transport Space Shuttle orbiters
- US Airways Shuttle , the brand name for an hourly service offered by US Airways
- The call sign for domestic (UK internal) British Airways flights - international flights use Speedbird
*** Land transport
**** Automotive brands
- Fit Shuttle, the station wagon version of Honda Fit
- Honda Shuttle, the first generation Honda Odyssey
**** Mass transit
Transport systems operating at frequent intervals on a short, (mostly)
non-stop route between two places
- Shuttle bus service
- Shuttle train service
- Car shuttle train
- LeShuttle , the car-carrying trains used in the Channel Tunnel
- S (New York City Subway service) , three shuttle train routes
- 42nd Street Shuttle , shuttle train between Grand Central and Port Authority
- Franklin Avenue Shuttle
- Rockaway Park Shuttle
- Amtrak _Hartford Line_ , formerly named the _New Haven–Springfield Shuttle_
- Shuttle van, a New Zealand term for shared taxi s
*** Spacecraft
- Shuttle (spacecraft type) , a smaller spacecraft used for ship-to-ship and ship-to-ground transport in theory and science fiction
- Space Shuttle , the vehicle for the NASA Space Shuttle program from 1981 to 2011
- Space Shuttle orbiter , a space plane, the crewed part of the Space Shuttle
- Buran Shuttle , the vehicle for the Soviet Buran programme
** Arts, entertainment, and media
- _Shuttle_ (film) , a 2008 thriller film
- _Shuttle_ (video game) , a video game produced by Virgin
- Shuttling (patience term) , a method of play in patience and solitaire games
** Sciences and technology
- Molecular shuttle s, a molecule capable of nano scale transportation
- Multi-project wafer service ( | MPW) shuttle, an integrated circuit production run for multi-chip or multi-project wafers
- Shuttle bombing , a World War II strategic bombing tactic
- Shuttle diplomacy , an international relations tactic
- Shuttle vector , vector that shuttles between species, biochemistry, genetics
** Sports
- 20-yard shuttle , a test performed by American football players
- Shuttlecock or birdie, the object batted back and forth in badminton
** Other uses
- Shuttle (weaving) , used by weavers at a textile mill or on a loom
- Shuttle Inc. , a manufacturer of small form-factor computers
- Shuttle trading , a form of goods distribution
- River Shuttle , a river of southeast London in England
- [Shuttle] , a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1918 to 1919
- Shuttle, school bullying in South Korea
** See also
- The Shuttle (disambiguation)
[disambiguation]