Transcontinental
[,trænzkɒntɪ'nent(ə)l;trɑːnz-;-ns-] or [,trænz,kɑnt
Definition
(adj.) spanning or crossing or on the farther side of a continent; 'transcontinental railway'; 'transcontinental travelers'; 'a transcontinental city' .
Typist: Sharif--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Extending or going across a continent; as, a transcontinental railroad or journey.
Typist: Perry
Examples
- The First Transcontinental Line. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The Pacific Railway, the first of our half a dozen transcontinental railways, was completed in 1869. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- It is such tremendous trifles, not the climbing of mountains and the bridging of chasms, that make the transcontinental line one of the wonders of the ages. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- One mile of single wire used in the transcontinental line weighs 435 pounds, the weight of the wires in the entire line being 5,920,000 pounds, or 2,960 tons. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The opening of the first transcontinental line between New York and San Francisco on January 25, 1915, was an epoch-making event in telephone history. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
Typist: Perry