transoceanic crossing. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : a transoceanic cable. ,transoceanic peoples. From Dictionary.com.
90There is every indication that various of these populations were, until the seventh century CE, involved in transoceanic commercial exchanges. From Wordnik.com. [Societies, Religion, and History: Central East Tanzanians and the World They Created, c. 200 BCE to 1800 CE] Reference
Supplies taken on for the long transoceanic voyages. From Wordnik.com. [Ships, galleons, frigates and corvettes] Reference
ROBERTS: So you're on a transoceanic flight 38,000 feet. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 4, 2009] Reference
Some might also monitor transoceanic shipping and air traffic. From Wordnik.com. [FM 100-61 Chptr 8 Reconnaissance]
As you say, you're at the end of a long leg -- transoceanic leg. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 2, 2005] Reference
Globalization forced more CEOs to make long transoceanic flights. From Wordnik.com. [Friendly Skies] Reference
The quarters where the crew will rest on long transoceanic flights. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 11, 2007] Reference
There were some transoceanic cables then, too; it was a matter of degree. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Debating the New FISA Legislation:] Reference
Some of these are coastal or transoceanic vessels, both commercial and naval. From Wordnik.com. [The Nation's River A report on the Potomac from the U.S. Department of the Interior] Reference
That transoceanic silence followed, the hollow sound of the distance between them. From Wordnik.com. [The Fourth Hand]
That's particularly true on nonstop transoceanic runs or over desolate polar regions. From Wordnik.com. [Some Airlines Fight Proposals on Crew Rest] Reference
This, especially the transoceanic commerce of Germany, has increased from year to year. From Wordnik.com. [New York Times Current History: The European War from the Beginning to March 1915, Vol 1, No. 2 Who Began the War, and Why?] Reference
This invasion mechanism has become more significant, as transoceanic crossing times have decreased. From Wordnik.com. [Exotic species] Reference
Cabrera was one of many in a smorgasbord of transoceanic challengers at the top of the leader board. From Wordnik.com. [Don't look now, but Yanks in peril at U.S. Open] Reference
This period represented the first escalation in significant transoceanic trade since the Rhapta period. From Wordnik.com. [Societies, Religion, and History: Central East Tanzanians and the World They Created, c. 200 BCE to 1800 CE] Reference
It was the summer before that first New England tuna to be auctioned at Tsukiji made its transoceanic journey. From Wordnik.com. [If You Knew Sushi] Reference
To help transoceanic business-class fliers get more shut-eye, British Airways introduced the first lie-flat seat. From Wordnik.com. [Making Airline Travel Feel Less Like Torture] Reference
There was that distant, hollow sound — the kind of echoing silence Wallingford associated with transoceanic calls. From Wordnik.com. [The Fourth Hand]
But would only be only a stop-gap measure until we finished building the massive transoceanic pneumatic tube system. From Wordnik.com. [Toby Barlow: Lessons from a London Journey] Reference
Roughly 40 per cent of all transoceanic oil tankers, containing 3.3 million barrels a day, pass through it each year. From Wordnik.com. [Marcia DeSanctis: Piracy and Us] Reference
I have been faithful to it except for three transoceanic sails on the Sealestial, a boat I skippered but did not own. From Wordnik.com. [Aweigh] Reference
In transoceanic shipping, for example, the rise in productivity arose to a high degree out of organizational changes. From Wordnik.com. [The Prize in Economics 1993 - Presentation Speech] Reference
It was shipped to British coaling stations but you wouldn't expect international transoceanic trade as a regular thing. From Wordnik.com. [Truman Library - Charles P. Kindleberger Oral History Interview] Reference
Early transoceanic trade began waning in the fourth century and then disappeared altogether by the early seventh century. From Wordnik.com. [Societies, Religion, and History: Central East Tanzanians and the World They Created, c. 200 BCE to 1800 CE] Reference
They also, as Chami maintains, likely participated in the flourishing transoceanic trade networks the Periplus reported. 48. From Wordnik.com. [Societies, Religion, and History: Central East Tanzanians and the World They Created, c. 200 BCE to 1800 CE] Reference
In later times, a new era of transoceanic trade emerged with the Swahili, a matter we will discuss later in the chapter. 82. From Wordnik.com. [Societies, Religion, and History: Central East Tanzanians and the World They Created, c. 200 BCE to 1800 CE] Reference
Gluckman, 82, is one of a handful of refugees in the Bay Area who vividly remember the transoceanic voyage to San Francisco. From Wordnik.com. [Holocaust refugees recall exodus, arrival on Pacific Coast] Reference
But, even today, on transoceanic flights, we don't have a very good picture of where these planes are precisely at all times. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 1, 2009] Reference
It was the first physical evidence found in a protected horizon that supported transoceanic links during the Rhapta period. back. From Wordnik.com. [Societies, Religion, and History: Central East Tanzanians and the World They Created, c. 200 BCE to 1800 CE] Reference
Other Chinese superlatives: This month, the Hangzhou Bay Bridge — the world's longest transoceanic span — will open to traffic. From Wordnik.com. [Modern-Day Colossus] Reference
According to the Arctic Council study, the passage would likely be too clogged with ice for regular transoceanic shipping for a decade. From Wordnik.com. [Canada Burnishes Its Position as Arctic Power] Reference
Like all good poetry, the best haiku in this book transcend fandom and evoke deep and, if not universal, at least transoceanic emotions. From Wordnik.com. [‘Baseball Haiku’: World-Class Poems About the Seasons of a Sport « One-Minute Book Reviews] Reference
It was the pirate vessel, as large as one of the transoceanic trade ships, and capable of carrying no less than three thousand fighters. From Wordnik.com. ["Power" by Harl Vincent, part 11] Reference
One of the most interesting aspects of Hearn's distant, transoceanic pilgrimage to Buddhism was that he remained a Spencerian evolutionist throughout. From Wordnik.com. [Dictionary of the History of Ideas] Reference
Distant criticism and transoceanic discourse make both sides lose credibility, fashioning a wild west stand-off out of what should be diplomatic talks. From Wordnik.com. [Shirin Sadeghi: Post-Election Iran: What America Must Do Now] Reference
Developing European naval technologies, utilizing rigid hulls and multiple masts with adjustable sails, made transoceanic travel possible in the Atlantic. From Wordnik.com. [2. The High Postclassical Period, 1000-1500] Reference
Because they are plenty of intercontinental flights, transoceanic flights, where they're actually sleeping quarters on the plane to allow pilots to get some rest. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 28, 2009] Reference
The U.S. and Europe now, safe skies, the European Union and the United States signed an antiterrorism agreement for sharing information about passengers on transoceanic flights. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 28, 2004] Reference
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