transcontinental
ਅੰਤਰਦੇਸ਼ੀ
definition
noun
a transcontinental railroad or train.
adjective
The third and most challenging joint air defense undertaking of the 1950s was the construction of a transcontinental line along the 70th parallel about 200 miles north of the Arctic Circle.
(especially of a railroad line) crossing a continent.
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An amazing amount of the global food supply is 'transcontinental' and produced by energy-intensive large-scale agriculture.
The approach, however, and eventual arrival of the 'transcontinental' railway in 1869, quickly brought significant and interrelated changes to Utah.
The post-Civil War expansion of the railroad network - including the construction of the first 'transcontinental' lines - enabled entrepreneurs to establish national corporations.
We don't have a 'transcontinental' railway system!
But these diseases are also global: SARS hopscotched the world via 'transcontinental' flights.
In fact the majority of UK funds raised between Confederation and the First World War were used to finance the construction of Canada's two 'transcontinental' railways.
We want to reach beyond that, to pioneer in great infrastructure projects, which will be 'transcontinental' in their significance, to unite the continents, to unify the human race in cooperation.
After 1876, American methods typified by the development of the American 'transcontinental' railway system, were adopted in Germany, Russia, Japan, and elsewhere, including China.
Notably, in 1869, the eastbound Central Pacific and westbound Union Pacific railroads met at Promontory, Utah, completing the nation's first 'transcontinental' railway.
Six years later, in order to finish construction of a 'transcontinental' railway, the United States purchased an additional 30,000 square miles of Mexican land for $10 million.
The track later known as the Oodnadatta Track became the main overland route for drovers and later the 'transcontinental' railway to Darwin.
In addition, they will be distracted from academic life by their preoccupation with March Madness and left exhausted by practices, games, press demands and 'transcontinental' travel schedules.
Canadian Northern, Canada's third 'transcontinental' railway, was also expanding.
Asians have been intertwined with America's destiny since Chinese immigrants arrived en masse to build the 'transcontinental' railway after the civil war.
The third and most challenging joint air defense undertaking of the 1950s was the construction of a 'transcontinental' line along the 70th parallel about 200 miles north of the Arctic Circle.
I consulted with my good friend Jim, an avid cyclist who has several 'transcontinental' bike runs (across several continents) as well a small pile of really neat X-rays to prove it.
The latest low-fare carrier to add coast-to-coast service is America West, which began its fourth 'transcontinental' route Monday with Boston-San Francisco flights.
By the 1890s, there were half a dozen 'transcontinental' railways.
This is a long-term trend in European civilization which began with Peter the Great, and which took off in 1877 with the work of Mendeleyev in building the 'transcontinental' railway.
Later the Chinese made the westward journey of Mormon converts infinitely more convenient by building the 'transcontinental' railway.
The Prime Minister headed back a day earlier to pack his bags for China while the other component of the top leadership came in after a 'transcontinental' tour spanning the Atlantic Ocean.
She has caused great offence within the Asian community by her pronouncements on issues such as Asian children speaking English in the home and her criticisms of 'transcontinental' marriages.
In this time of tribulation for these two gorgeous, devastated stars, I would like to offer my services, not as 'transcontinental' gossip provider, but as celebrity matchmaker!
The unity of the United States was effected under the Presidency of Abraham Lincoln, who introduced the 'transcontinental' railway system.
Forest harvesting started in the region as soon as the 'transcontinental' railway was opened in 1910.
His great-grandfather, Sidney Dillon, was founding chairman of the Union Pacific Railroad and in 1869 drove the ceremonial last spike completing the nation's first 'transcontinental' rail line.
This literature is not only 'transcontinental' but it is omnivorous.
The defence of a new Russian single-track 'transcontinental' railway to Vladivostok was both a cause for sabre-rattling and, ultimately, a major factor in defeat.
What could torpedo these plans is if tourists as a whole cancel their winter holidays out of safety concerns or if the airlines cut capacity on 'transcontinental' routes.
High levels of 'transcontinental' marriages - and the issue of language skills - also had to be properly debated and researched.
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