interoceanic
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7.4
- adjective
- /ˌɪntəroʊˈsiːənɪk/
- Environmentalists are concerned about the impact of the proposed interoceanic route on local ecosystems.
- interoceanic canal
- Interoceanic Highway
Examples
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In addition to granting the United States exclusive rights to build an interoceanic canal, the treaty also gave the United States control in perpetuity over the lands adjacent to the canal.
Academic text (1999) -
Investments in infrastructure have picked up: the Suape industrial complex in the northeast and the 1,600-mile Interoceanic Highway, connecting eastern Brazil to Peru, both under construction, are just two examples.
Academic text (2010) -
In 2003, Peru began construction on an interoceanic highway through the southern Amazon Basin in the Peruvian administrative regions of Madre de Dios and Puno; the highway is intended to link Amazon sites with Pacific ports (Figure 1).
Academic text (2014) -
The construction of an interoceanic canal will greatly enhance trade between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
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The new interoceanic highway will connect several key ports, making transportation between oceans more efficient.
Synonyms
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6.7
Happening between continents across an ocean for travel and communication
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Interoceanic comes from the prefix inter- meaning 'between' and the word ocean meaning 'a very large sea', and it works like international, where inter- means 'between' countries. So, interoceanic describes something that connects or happens 'between' oceans.