transoceanic
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6.7
- adjective
- /ˌtrænzoʊˈiːænɪk/
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transoceánico
- When the St. Lawrence Seaway opened in 1959 (Ashworth 1986), transoceanic trade between Great Lakes ports, such as Chicago, Toronto, and Duluth, and ports from around the world intensified (Figure 1).
Examples
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The public Internet and new transoceanic fiber optic cables make it possible to send large data files to India, China, or Eastern Europe as easily as to the factory across the street.
Academic text (2005) -
Because the 747 became widely adopted by airlines for transoceanic travel, the sound system pioneered by ISC meant that in-flight cinema on international flights from the 1970s to the 1990s often consisted of a common image for all passengers but separate soundtracks organized by languages chosen by each passenger.
Academic text (2016) -
Most, if not all, of these birds were in the middle of transoceanic flights of thousands of miles.
Academic text (1992) -
The Indian Ocean is the oldest transoceanic trading arena in the world.
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Brunel, unfortunately, did not live to see the Great Eastern depart on her first transoceanic voyage.
Academic text (1995) -
Eskimo curlews migrated to their wintering grounds by an eastern transoceanic route.
Academic text (1992) -
The year is 1895, and immigrants from all over the world are flocking to California on the transcontinental railroad and on transoceanic steamships.
Blog text (5) -
By the late 15th century, the budding nation-states of Europe had developed the technological capacity for long-distance, transoceanic commerce and were beginning an intense competition with each other for the resources and wealth expected from trade with the Orient.
Academic text (1992) -
Tuna return to this coast every summer and early fall to fatten up before moving on to spawn in the Gulf of Mexico or the Mediterranean, then take off on transoceanic migrations—some reaching subpolar waters off Norway, others swimming as far south as Brazil.
Fiction book (2001) -
The Boeing 777 is capable of transoceanic flights, connecting passengers across continents.
Synonyms
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Between two or more continents, for example flights
In or to a country across the sea
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Transoceanic comes from the parts trans- ('across') and ocean ('ocean') and is like transport, which moves something across a distance. So, transoceanic means crossing or connecting 'across' an 'ocean'.