2006-11-21 04:24:20 · 9 answers · asked by bryn m 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Shuttle goes between two places
the route taken or the aircraft, bus, or train used to travel frequently between two places, often relatively near each other
OR
a thread holder, for example in tatting or netting or for the lower thread in a sewing machine
OR
a device in weaving that holds the weft thread and is used to pass it between the warp threads
2006-11-21 04:27:04 · answer #1 · answered by Sir Sidney Snot 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Shuttle is the name given to a spindle used in weaving, to get the weft thread between the warp. Since this spindle goes back and forth all the time, anything that does round trip started being called "shuttle" (bus, train, boat, whatever) by association.
When the time came to create a ship that was meant to go to space and come back, and be able to go up again later, and so on, well, it is acting like a "shuttle", hence the name.
2006-11-21 04:33:17 · answer #2 · answered by Vincent G 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
shuttle has a few different meanings....... shuttle as in shuttle run means goin between a few different places repeatedly.... a shuttl (as in bus) means roughly the same thing, but rather than it being the different places that you go, it is the actual bus. A shuttle (as in space shuttle) is just a craft that goes to space and comes back!
2006-11-24 14:07:27 · answer #3 · answered by Aled H 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
–noun
1.a device in a loom for passing or shooting the weft thread through the shed from one side of the web to the other, usually consisting of a boat-shaped piece of wood containing a bobbin on which the weft thread is wound.
2.the sliding container that carries the lower thread in a sewing machine.
3.a public conveyance, as a train, airplane, or bus, that travels back and forth at regular intervals over a particular route, esp. a short route or one connecting two transportation systems.
4.shuttlecock (def. 1).
5.(often initial capital letter) space shuttle.
–verb (used with object)
6.to cause (someone or something) to move to and fro or back and forth by or as if by a shuttle: They shuttled me all over the seventh floor.
–verb (used without object)
2006-11-21 04:32:43 · answer #4 · answered by Captain Flaps 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It has many meanings, but in the space context it means,
"a public conveyance that travels back and forth at regular intervals over a particular route."
The space shuttle was intended to be such a system to and from orbit. Too bad it fell far short of being that.
2006-11-21 05:12:50 · answer #5 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it means the piece that can carry anything between 2 points
2006-11-21 05:33:21 · answer #6 · answered by source_of_love_69 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In space terms it's a re-usable rocket.
2006-11-21 04:28:17 · answer #7 · answered by migdalski 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Backwards and forwards
2006-11-21 04:32:52 · answer #8 · answered by Dover Soles 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a Medium!
2006-11-21 05:40:54 · answer #9 · answered by Coke&TVdinner 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋