different between spanning vs transcontinental

English

Verb

spanning

1. present participle of span

Noun

spanning (plural spannings)

1. The process by which something is spanned.

Anagrams

• pannings

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch spanninge. Equivalent to spannen +? -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sp?.n??/
• Hyphenation: span?ning

Noun

spanning f (plural spanningen, diminutive spanninkje n)

1. tension
2. voltage

Coordinate terms

• stroomsterkte

Derived terms

• fantoomspanning
• hoogspanning
• laagspanning
• oppervlaktespanning
• overspanning
• spanningsboog
• spanningsmeter
• spanningsveld

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: spaning

English

Alternative forms

• trans-continental

Etymology

trans- +? continental

Adjective

transcontinental (not comparable)

1. Crossing or spanning a continent.

Translations

Noun

transcontinental (plural transcontinentals)

1. (chiefly in the plural) a transcontinental railroad.
   • 1959, Steam's Finest Hour, edited by David P. Morgan, Kalmbach Publishing Co.

French

Adjective

transcontinental (feminine singular transcontinentale, masculine plural transcontinentaux, feminine plural transcontinentales)

1. transcontinental

Further reading

• “transcontinental” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?anskontinen?tal/, [t??ãns.kõn?.t?i.n?n??t?al]

Adjective

transcontinental (plural transcontinentales)

1. transcontinental