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intercontinental

[ in-ter-kon-tn-en-tl ]

adjective

  1. between or among continents; involving two or more continents:

    intercontinental trade.

  2. traveling or capable of traveling between continents:

    intercontinental airplanes.



intercontinental

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adjective

  1. relating to travel, commerce, relations, etc, between continents
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Origin of intercontinental1

First recorded in 1850–55; inter- + continental
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It is estimated that more than 95% of the world’s intercontinental information travels through underwater cables that are no bigger than the pipes at the back of your toilet.

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The Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile is set to launch from the Santa Barbara County base sometime between 11:01 p.m.

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In a tiny, cramped control room at the bottom, accessible by an even more cramped lift, coded orders to launch intercontinental ballistic missiles would have been received, deciphered and acted upon.

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Ukraine claimed Russia had used an intercontinental ballistic missile, which would have represented a significant escalation in its assaults.

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And that was before Pyongyang fired a banned intercontinental missile on Thursday, on the longest flight recorded yet – after turning up the rhetoric against Seoul for weeks.

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