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

  • adjective Situated on or coming from the other side of the Pacific Ocean.
  • adjective Spanning or crossing the Pacific Ocean.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Crossing the Pacific; also, across or beyond the Pacific.

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

  • adjective on, from the other side of, spanning or crossing the Pacific Ocean

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Examples

  • He called the transpacific trade zone agreement a model for the Asia-Pacific region and for other trade pacts.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • He called the transpacific trade zone agreement a model for the Asia-Pacific region and for other trade pacts.

    Breaking News: CBS News 2011

  • The transpacific was the largest market in terms of revenue, while

    BusinessWeek.com -- Top News 2010

  • "Since the company's last conference call, Asian freight markets have slowed and yields on transpacific cargo are moderating, as has the domestic U.S. Express parcel market and U.S. industrial production," Sterne Agee analysts Jeff Kauffman and Salvatore Vitale wrote in a report.

    FedEx seen cutting outlook with economy stalled Reuters 2011

  • "Since the company's last conference call, Asian freight markets have slowed and yields on transpacific cargo are moderating, as has the domestic U.S. Express parcel market and U.S. industrial production," Sterne Agee analysts Jeff Kauffman and Salvatore Vitale wrote in a report.

    FedEx seen cutting outlook with economy stalled Reuters 2011

  • She was the ancient equivalent of someone who today makes a transatlantic or transpacific flight in business class.

    One World, Under God 2009

  • She was the ancient equivalent of someone who today makes a transatlantic or transpacific flight in business class.

    One World, Under God 2009

  • I decided to save my upgrades for the US domestic legs, which are way uglier than the transpacific route.

    Cheeseburger Gothic » Great day in San Fran’ 2009

  • The biggest blow of all came when the transpacific route case, which had been deliberated for more than a decade by the Civil Aeronautics Board, was finally decided, making it possible for domestic airlines to apply for Pan Am's international routes.

    Orphaned by Job Loss: Pan Am Soaring Downward 2010

  • Others, mainly those trying to reach the United States or Asia, were heading for largely unaffected southern European airports, such as those in Spain, in the hope of buying new tickets and boarding transatlantic and transpacific flights.

    Europeans unravel travel mess caused by Iceland volcano 2010

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