From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishtransatlantictrans‧at‧lan‧tic /ˌtrænzətˈlæntɪk◂/ adjective [only before noun] 1 CROSScrossing the Atlantic Ocean transatlantic flights2 SARinvolving countries on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean a transatlantic agreement3 SGon the other side of the Atlantic Ocean one of America’s transatlantic military bases
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transatlantic• a transatlantic ally• In the first icy transatlantic blast, he pointedly refused to meet Premier John Major, who visits Washington later this month.• The Fokker was the perfect plane for a transatlantic flight.• A more important transatlantic forum for cooperation and exchange of knowledge was the Teetotal Movement in which Nonconformists predominated.• On their tiny battery portable they too had seen the transatlantic moppet.• a transatlantic organization• He also had a working association with the civil engineer Robert Sabine, one of the pioneers of transatlantic telegraphy.• At present, around half of transatlantic telephony traffic is carried via satellite. 