containerization

American  

[kuhn-tey-ner-uh-zey-shuhn] / kənˌteɪ nər əˈzeɪ ʃən /

noun

Transportation.

1. a method of shipping freight in relatively uniform, sealed, movable containers whose contents do not have to be unloaded at each point of transfer.

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Etymology

Origin of containerization

First recorded in 1955–60; containerize + -ation

Example Sentences

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containerization

As the city experiments with containerization, expands organics collection and how commercial waste is removed, an interim step is needed, said Sandy Nurse, a council member from Brooklyn who is chair of the sanitation committee.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 17, 2022

But the Motor Carrier Act of 1980, combined with containerization, upended this system, effectively converting most port drivers into freelancers.

From New York Times ● Nov. 18, 2021

After World War II, however, suburbanization, deindustrialization, and the containerization of shipping chipped away at the city’s population and economic base.

From Slate ● Sep. 25, 2020

Much of this, as cited by Roper, is made possible through what’s called application containerization; it is defined as an operating system-level “virtualization method used to deploy and run distributed applications,” according to Techtarget.com.

From Fox News ● Jun. 2, 2020

Another economic change that all the world’s dock workers had to contend with was containerization.

From Salon ● Apr. 11, 2019