'Transatlantic' definitions:
Definition of 'transatlantic'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Crossing the Atlantic Ocean; "transatlantic flight"
Definition of 'Transatlantic'
From: GCIDE
- Transatlantic \Trans`at*lan"tic\ (tr[a^]ns*[a^]t*l[a^]n"t[i^]k), a. [Pref. trans- + Atlantic: cf. F. transatlantique.]
- 1. Lying or being beyond the Atlantic Ocean. [1913 Webster]
- Note: When used by a person in Europe or Africa, transatlantic signifies being in America; when by a person in America, it denotes being or lying in Europe or Africa, especially the former. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Crossing the Atlantic Ocean; as, a transatlantic flight. [1913 Webster +PJC]