Shuttle

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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.

[edit] Textiles

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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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 a different country instead of returning directly to the takeoff base