CONTINENTAL MEANING IN SPANISH

Definition & Synonyms

• Continental

1. (a.) Of or pertaining to the confederated colonies collectively, in the time of the Revolutionary War; as, Continental money.
2. (n.) A soldier in the Continental army, or a piece of the Continental currency. See Continental, a., 3.
3. (a.) Of or pertaining to a continent.
4. (a.) Of or pertaining to the main land of Europe, in distinction from the adjacent islands, especially England; as, a continental tour; a continental coalition.

• Continental drive

1. () A transmission arrangement in which the longitudinal crank shaft drives the rear wheels through a clutch, change-speed gear, countershaft, and two parallel side chains, in order.

• Continental glacier

1. () A broad ice sheet resting on a plain or plateau and spreading outward from a central neve, or region of accumulation.

• Continental pronunciation

1. () A method of pronouncing Latin and Greek in which the vowels have their more familiar Continental values, as in German and Italian, the consonants being pronounced mostly as in English. The stricter form of this method of pronouncing Latin approaches the Roman, the modified form the English, pronunciation. The Continental method of Greek pronunciation is often called Erasmian.

• Continental system

1. () The system of commercial blockade aiming to exclude England from commerce with the Continent instituted by the Berlin decree, which Napoleon I. issued from Berlin Nov. 21, 1806, declaring the British Isles to be in a state of blockade, and British subjects, property, and merchandise subject to capture, and excluding British ships from all parts of Europe under French dominion. The retaliatory measures of England were followed by the Milan decree, issued by Napoleon from Milan Dec. 17, 1807, imposing further restrictions, and declaring every ship going to or from a port of England or her colonies to be lawful prize.