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