Transcontinental

Definition: Transcontinental

Transcontinental

Adjective

1. Spanning or crossing or on the farther side of a continent; "transcontinental railway"; "transcontinental travelers"; "a transcontinental city".

Date "transcontinental" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1889. (references)

Note: Transcontinental \Trans*con`ti*nen"tal\, adjective. [Prefix trans- continental.]. (Websters 1913)

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
TRIP	English	Transcontinental ISDN Project	N/A
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Crosswords: Transcontinental

English words defined with "transcontinental": Collis Potter Huntington ♦ Huntington. (references)

Specialty definitions using "transcontinental": telephoto operator, transoceanic flight ♦ WIRE-PHOTO OPERATOR, NEWS. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Transcontinental" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

French (transcontinental), Portuguese (transcontinental), Spanish (transcontinental).

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Sole survivor of the titanic pile-up of '95, only two-time winner of the Transcontinental Road Race Frankenstein! (Death Race 2000; writing credit: Ib Melchior; Robert Thom)
Movie/TV Titles	A Second Transcontinental Nation: 1872 (1969) Transcontinental Limited (1926)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
References	G.T.C. Transcontinental Group Ltd: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) Transcontinental Realty Investors, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	America's First Transcontinental Railway: A Pictorial History of the Pacific Railroad (reference) Building of the Transcontinental Railroad (World History) (reference) The Journal of Sean Sullivan: A Transcontinental Railroad Worker (reference) The Shaping of America: A Geographical Perspective on 500 Years of History, Volume 3: Transcontinental America, 1850-1915 (reference) The Transcontinental Railroad (Building History Series) (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	This is America, Charlie Brown - The Building of the Transcontinental Railroad (reference) Modern Marvels: The Transcontinental Railroad (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Laser beam from Geodimeter Transcontinental traverse party of Woodrow Johnson. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.		Claude Stevens operating Geodimeter Transcontinental traverse party of Woodrow Johnson. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.
	Small wooden stand on ridge in Mojave Desert Station built during observations on Transcontinental Traverse work Triangulation party of Woodrow Johnson. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.		Breaking camp at Uncompaghre Peak on the 39th Parallel transcontinental arc Party of William Eimbeck on mountain triangulation. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.
	Dennis Wegenast observing with Wild T-3 Transcontinental Traverse Party of Woodrow Johnson. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.		Wild T-3 at twilight Transcontinental Traverse Party of Woodrow Johnson. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.
	Hiram Sibley, builder of transcontinental line, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left. Credit: Library of Congress.		Special train of Governor Stanford, president of the Central Pacific, and [wagon] train of immigrants bound for California at Monument Point, a few miles west of Promontory, Utah, where the last spike was driven in the first transcontinental railroad on M. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Production. Tungsten. Transcontinental railroad traffic passes close to the tungsten recovery plant near Kingman, Arizona. The Boriana mine and plant at this point are producing large amounts of tungsten, for which there are many vital uses in the war eff. Credit: Library of Congress.		Kingman (vicinity), Arizona. A transcontinental train passing close to the tungsten recovery plant where the ore from the Boriana mines is processed. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Economic History	Tunisia	NEARLY 400 KILOMETERS OF DOUBLE TRANSCONTINENTAL PIPELINE CROSS TUNISIA LINKING ALGERIA AND ITALY. (references)
	Canada	Both transcontinental railways are already highly integrated with the rail transportation systems in the United States. (references)
	Angola	Forced labor combined with British financing to construct three railroads from the coast to the interior, the most important of which was the transcontinental Benguela railroad that linked the port of Lobito with the copper zones of the Belgian Congo and what is now Zambia. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Transcontinental" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Transcontinental" is used about 26 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	100%	26	68,323

Country	Name	Country	Name
Canada	G.T.C. Transcontinental Group Ltd	USA	Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp
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Language		Translations for "transcontinental"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		transkontinental. (various references)

Arabic		‏ممتد عبر قارة. (various references)

Chinese		横贯大陆. (various references)

Czech		transkontinentální. (various references)

Farsi		عبورکننده ازسرتاسرقاره . (various references)

French		transcontinental. (various references)

German		transkontinental. (various references)

Greek		υπερηπειρωτικόσ. (various references)

Hungarian		kontinenst átszelõ. (various references)

Italian		transcontinentale. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		大陸横断鉄�" (transcontinental railroad). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		たいりくおう� �"てつどう (transcontinental railroad). (various references)

Pig Latin		anscontinentaltray

Portuguese		transcontinental. (various references)

Russian		трансконтинентальный. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		transkontinentalan, prekokopneni. (various references)

Spanish		transcontinental. (various references)

Swedish		transkontinental. (various references)

Ukrainian		трансконтинентальний. (various references)

Vietnamese		xuyên lục địa, vượt đại châu. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "transcontinental" (pronounced tra'nzkÄ'ntune"ntul, tra'nzkÄ'nune"ntul, tra'nzkÄ'ntune"nul , or tra'nzkÄ'nune"nul)
11	-k Ä' n t u n e" n t u l	continental, intercontinental.
5	-e" n t u l	accidental, coincidental, compartmental, dental, detrimental, developmental, elemental, environmental, experimental, fundamental, gentle, incidental, incremental, instrumental, intergovernmental, judgmental, lentil, mental, monumental, nongovernmental, occidental, oriental, ornamental, parental, regimental, rental, sentimental, supplemental, temperamental, transcendental, unsentimental.
4	-n t u l	Cantle, consonantal, disgruntle, dismantle, frontal, governmental, horizontal, infantile, lintel, mantel, mantle, periodontal, prefrontal, quintal, Wintle.
3	-t u l	acquittal, anecdotal, artiodactyl, battle, beetle, belittle, betel, bicoastal, bottle, brattle, Bristol, brittle, brutal, butyl, capital, Capitol, cattle, chattel, chortle, coastal, committal, congenital, crustal, crystal, digital, distal, ductile, embattle, entitle, extramarital, fatal, fertile, fetal, fractal, futile, genital, glottal, hospital, hostel, hostile, hurtle, immortal, immotile, infertile, kettle, Kittel, Kittle, little, marital, metal, mettle, mortal, motile, Myrtle, Natal, neonatal, nettle, noncommittal, nonfatal, nonvolatile, occipital, orbital, parietal, pedestal, petal, Pistil, pistol, pivotal, portal, postal, postnatal, Pottle, prattle, premarital, prenatal, projectile, rattle, rebuttal, recital, rectal, resettle, scuttle, settle, shuttle, skeletal, skittle, societal, spittle, startle, subtitle, subtle, tactile, tattle, throttle, title, tittle, tootle, total, transmittal, turtle, unsettle, unsubtle, varietal, vegetal, versatile, vestal, vital, vittle, volatile, Whittle.
7	-u n e" n t u l	continental, intercontinental.
5	-e" n t u l	accidental, coincidental, compartmental, dental, detrimental, developmental, elemental, environmental, experimental, fundamental, gentle, incidental, incremental, instrumental, intergovernmental, judgmental, lentil, mental, monumental, nongovernmental, occidental, oriental, ornamental, parental, regimental, rental, sentimental, supplemental, temperamental, transcendental, unsentimental.
4	-n t u l	Cantle, consonantal, disgruntle, dismantle, frontal, governmental, horizontal, infantile, lintel, mantel, mantle, periodontal, prefrontal, quintal, Wintle.
3	-t u l	acquittal, anecdotal, artiodactyl, battle, beetle, belittle, betel, bicoastal, bottle, brattle, Bristol, brittle, brutal, butyl, capital, Capitol, cattle, chattel, chortle, coastal, committal, congenital, crustal, crystal, digital, distal, ductile, embattle, entitle, extramarital, fatal, fertile, fetal, fractal, futile, genital, glottal, hospital, hostel, hostile, hurtle, immortal, immotile, infertile, kettle, Kittel, Kittle, little, marital, metal, mettle, mortal, motile, Myrtle, Natal, neonatal, nettle, noncommittal, nonfatal, nonvolatile, occipital, orbital, parietal, pedestal, petal, Pistil, pistol, pivotal, portal, postal, postnatal, Pottle, prattle, premarital, prenatal, projectile, rattle, rebuttal, recital, rectal, resettle, scuttle, settle, shuttle, skeletal, skittle, societal, spittle, startle, subtitle, subtle, tactile, tattle, throttle, title, tittle, tootle, total, transmittal, turtle, unsettle, unsubtle, varietal, vegetal, versatile, vestal, vital, vittle, volatile, Whittle.
4	-e" n u l	departmental, fennel, kennel.
3	-n u l	abdominal, aberrational, aboriginal, additional, adrenal, anal, annal, annul, Arsenal, atonal, attitudinal, autumnal, binational, biphenyl, cantonal, Cardinal, carnal, channel, coeducational, collisional, Colonel, communal, compositional, computational, concessional, conditional, confessional, conformational, confrontational, congregational, congressional, connotational, constitutional, conventional, conversational, cornel, correctional, criminal, Darnel, delusional, denominational, depositional, devotional, diagonal, dimensional, directional, diurnal, divisional, doctrinal, duodenal, dysfunctional, educational, emotional, empanel, erosional, eternal, exceptional, external, factional, faunal, fictional, final, flannel, fluxional, foundational, fractional, fraternal, functional, funnel, gastrointestinal, generational, gravitational, hexagonal, hormonal, Hymnal, impanel, impersonal, improvisational, infernal, informational, inspirational, institutional, instructional, intentional, intergenerational, internal, international, interpersonal, intestinal, investigational, Invitational, irrational, journal, jurisdictional, juvenile, kernel, latitudinal, longitudinal, luminal, marginal, maternal, medicinal, monoclonal, monsoonal, morainal, motivational, multinational, national, navigational, nocturnal, nominal, noncriminal, nonprofessional, nontraditional, nutritional, obsessional, occasional, occupational, octagonal, operational, optional, organizational, original, panel, paternal, penal, personal, phenomenal, polygonal, polyvinyl, processional, professional, promotional, proportional, provisional, rational, recreational, regional, relational, renal, representational, retinal, rotational, seasonal, sectional, semifinal, seminal, sensational, sentinel, shrapnel, signal, situational, spinal, subliminal, superregional, supranational, terminal, tonal, traditional, transformational, transitional, transnational, tribunal, tunnel, unconditional, unconstitutional, unconventional, unemotional, unintentional, unprofessional, untraditional, vaginal, venal, vernal, Vinal, vinyl, virginal, vocational.
4	-e" n u l	departmental, fennel, kennel.
3	-n u l	abdominal, aberrational, aboriginal, additional, adrenal, anal, annal, annul, Arsenal, atonal, attitudinal, autumnal, binational, biphenyl, cantonal, Cardinal, carnal, channel, coeducational, collisional, Colonel, communal, compositional, computational, concessional, conditional, confessional, conformational, confrontational, congregational, congressional, connotational, constitutional, conventional, conversational, cornel, correctional, criminal, Darnel, delusional, denominational, depositional, devotional, diagonal, dimensional, directional, diurnal, divisional, doctrinal, duodenal, dysfunctional, educational, emotional, empanel, erosional, eternal, exceptional, external, factional, faunal, fictional, final, flannel, fluxional, foundational, fractional, fraternal, functional, funnel, gastrointestinal, generational, gravitational, hexagonal, hormonal, Hymnal, impanel, impersonal, improvisational, infernal, informational, inspirational, institutional, instructional, intentional, intergenerational, internal, international, interpersonal, intestinal, investigational, Invitational, irrational, journal, jurisdictional, juvenile, kernel, latitudinal, longitudinal, luminal, marginal, maternal, medicinal, monoclonal, monsoonal, morainal, motivational, multinational, national, navigational, nocturnal, nominal, noncriminal, nonprofessional, nontraditional, nutritional, obsessional, occasional, occupational, octagonal, operational, optional, organizational, original, panel, paternal, penal, personal, phenomenal, polygonal, polyvinyl, processional, professional, promotional, proportional, provisional, rational, recreational, regional, relational, renal, representational, retinal, rotational, seasonal, sectional, semifinal, seminal, sensational, sentinel, shrapnel, signal, situational, spinal, subliminal, superregional, supranational, terminal, tonal, traditional, transformational, transitional, transnational, tribunal, tunnel, unconditional, unconstitutional, unconventional, unemotional, unintentional, unprofessional, untraditional, vaginal, venal, vernal, Vinal, vinyl, virginal, vocational.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-i-l-n-n-n-n-o-r-s-t-t-t"
	-4 letters: altercations, alternations, continentals, interactants, intercoastal, nonsectarian, recantations, scatteration.
	-5 letters: alterations, altercation, alternation, attentional, attractions, catenations, continental, interactant, intercostal, lacerations, recantation, transaction, transection, translation, translocate.
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

54 72 61 6E 73 63 6F 6E 74 69 6E 65 6E 74 61 6C

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

- .-. .- -. ... -.-. --- -. - .. -. . -. - .- .-..

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010100 01110010 01100001 01101110 01110011 01100011 01101111 01101110 01110100 01101001 01101110 01100101 01101110 01110100 01100001 01101100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#114 &#97 &#110 &#115 &#99 &#111 &#110 &#116 &#105 &#110 &#101 &#110 &#116 &#97 &#108

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 0072 0061 006E 0073 0063 006F 006E 0074 0069 006E 0065 006E 0074 0061 006C

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
transcontinental railroad	243	hebdos transcontinental	4
transcontinental	97	canal erie railroad transcontinental	4
talent transcontinental	40	lending transcontinental	4
printing transcontinental	18	studio transcontinental	4
title transcontinental	17	company insurance transcontinental	3
map railroad transcontinental	13	corporation transcontinental	3
picture railroad transcontinental	12	mortgage transcontinental	3
first transcontinental railroad	11	chinese railroad transcontinental	3
history of transcontinental railroad	10	gtc transcontinental	3
media transcontinental	10	transcontinental railroad 1869	3
group lending transcontinental	9	pipeline transcontinental	3
transcontinental record	7	lg.com transcontinental	3
pbs railroad transcontinental	7	publishing transcontinental	3
inc transcontinental	7	completed railroad transcontinental	3
transcontinental railway	7	groupe transcontinental	3
company title transcontinental	6	model transcontinental	2
airline transcontinental	6	imprimerie transcontinental	2
insurance transcontinental	5	modeling transcontinental	2
transcontinental music	5	american discovery trail transcontinental	2
gas pipeline transcontinental	5	line refrigerated transcontinental	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Transcontinental

Definition: Transcontinental