- transcontinental
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adjective
Date: 1853
extending or going across a continent <a transcontinental railroad>
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transcontinental
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Transcontinental — may refer to: *transcontinental flight from the Atlantic to the Pacific in the United States *Transcontinental airspeed record from the Atlantic to the Pacific in the United States *Transcontinental (publisher), a major Canadian newspaper and… … Wikipedia
transcontinental — transcontinental, ale, aux [ trɑ̃skɔ̃tinɑ̃tal, o ] adj. • 1872; de trans et continental ♦ Qui traverse un continent d un bout à l autre. Chemin de fer transcontinental. ● transcontinental, transcontinentale, transcontinentaux adjectif Qui… … Encyclopédie Universelle
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transcontinental — trans‧con‧ti‧nen‧tal [ˌtrænzkɒntˈnentl, ˌtræns ǁ kɑːn ] adjective TRAVEL crossing a continent: • a transcontinental flight from New York to Los Angeles * * * transcontinental UK US /ˌtrænzkɒntɪˈnentəl/ adjective ► crossing a continent: » … Financial and business terms
Transcontinental — Trans*con ti*nen tal, a. [Pref. trans + continental.] Extending or going across a continent; as, a transcontinental railroad or journey. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
transcontinental — (adj.) 1853 (in transcontinental railroad), American English, from TRANS (Cf. trans ) + CONTINENTAL (Cf. continental) … Etymology dictionary
transcontinental — transcontinental, ale (tran skon ti nan tal, ta l ) adj. Qui passe à travers un continent. Par l estafette transcontinentale New York vient de recevoir des nouvelles de la Californie. ÉTYMOLOGIE Trans, et continent … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
transcontinental — adj. 2 g. Que atravessa um continente … Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa
transcontinental — adj. Que atraviesa un continente … Diccionario de la lengua española
transcontinental — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ crossing or extending across a continent or continents … English terms dictionary
transcontinental — ☆ transcontinental [trans΄kän tə nent′ l, tranz΄kän tə nent l ] adj. 1. that crosses a (or the) continent 2. on the other side of a (or the) continent transcontinentally adv … English World dictionary
