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transpacific

transpacific

1 5.6
Crossing the Pacific Ocean, for example between Asia and North America
  • adjective
  • /trænspəˈsɪfɪk/
translation icon : transpacífico
  • The notions of unification and heterogeneity inaugurated the transnational turn in Asian American studies and continue to inform thriving field formations like transpacific studies.
  • transpacific flights
  • transpacific air

Examples

  • The two sides have reportedly been on the verge of reaching an agreement to increase transpacific air traffic for months.

  • Rather, she's in the news because she was on a transpacific flight on her way to tour Australia when her plane was tasked with finding and saving some people marooned on an overturned yacht.

    Blog text (4)

  • We can keep the jets for transatlantic and transpacific travel.

    Blog text (27)

  • The authors of the study compared two groups of long-haul flight crew members flying the same sequence of four scheduled 9-hour transpacific flights.

    Academic text (1997)

  • It's strange to think of entering countries on wheels, but this was how I arrived in Cambodia, bussing in from Bangkok after a grueling transpacific flight.

    Blog text (3)

  • The lawsuit claims that the defendants agreed to fix prices on tickets for transpacific air travel.

  • In 1935, the airline made history with the first transpacific service on the famous China Clipper.

Synonyms

transoceanic
vstranspacific
1 6.7

Happening between continents across an ocean for travel and communication

is specific to crossing or relating to the Pacific Ocean

Surface Forms

transpacific positive

Morphology

transpacific = Pacific (transparent) = trans + pacific

Formed by the productive prefix 'trans-' (across) + 'Pacific', so the meaning 'across/spanning the Pacific' is directly derived and obvious to learners.

Etymology

Transpacific comes from trans- meaning 'across' and Pacific, the name of the ocean that comes from a Latin word for 'peaceful'. So transpacific means 'across the Pacific' and describes routes, cables, or links between Asia and North America.