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transmarine /ˌtranzməˈriːn  / /ˌtrɑːnzməˈriːn/ /ˌtransməˈriːn/ /ˌtrɑːnsməˈriːn/adjective dated1Situated or originating on the other side of the sea: an alien, or a transmarine stranger...- Foremost among these was the fact that it was a transmarine colony and a ‘colonia ciuium Romanorum’.
- Another reason for the non-installation of a rail system here is that Okinawa is a transmarine island, separated from mainland Japan.
1.1Of or involving crossing the sea: some birds make long transmarine migrations...- Dering's proposals for a transmarine telegraph are contained in his patent specification of August 15, 1853, from which we condense the following account.
- A transmarine voyage on the rickety ship would take more than a week.
- We know as yet little of the limitations or possibilities of marine and transmarine communication.
Origin Late 16th century: from Latin transmarinus, from trans- 'across' + marinus 'marine, of the sea'. RhymesAberdeen, Amin, aquamarine, baleen, bean, been, beguine, Benin, between, canteen, careen, Claudine, clean, contravene, convene, cuisine, dean, Dene, e'en, eighteen, fascine, fedayeen, fifteen, figurine, foreseen, fourteen, Francine, gean, gene, glean, gombeen, green, Greene, Halloween, intervene, Janine, Jean, Jeannine, Jolene, Kean, keen, Keene, Ladin, langoustine, latrine, lean, limousine, machine, Maclean, magazine, Malines, margarine, marine, Mascarene, Massine, Maxine, mean, Medellín, mesne, mien, Moline, moreen, mujahedin, Nadine, nankeen, Nazarene, Nene, nineteen, nougatine, obscene, palanquin, peen, poteen, preen, quean, Rabin, Racine, ramin, ravine, routine, Sabine, saltine, sardine, sarin, sateen, scene, screen, seen, serene, seventeen, shagreen, shebeen, sheen, sixteen, spleen, spring-clean, squireen, Steen, submarine, supervene, tambourine, tangerine, teen, terrine, thirteen, treen, tureen, Tyrrhene, ultramarine, umpteen, velveteen, wean, ween, Wheen, yean |