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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Situated beyond or on the other side of the ocean.
  • adjective Spanning or crossing the ocean.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Located or existing beyond the ocean: as, a transoceanic country; of or pertaining to what is across the ocean.
  • Crossing the ocean: as, the transoceanic flight of a bird; relating to the crossing of the ocean: as, a transoceanic theory of the dispersion of human races.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective beyond or on the other side of an ocean
  • adjective crossing an ocean

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective on or from the other side of an ocean

Etymologies

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From trans- +‎ oceanic.

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