Definition of pacific Pacific
/pʌsɪˈfɪk/ - [pusifik] - pa•cif•ic
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| pacific - the largest ocean in the world | ||
| Pacific Ocean | ||
| guadalupe island a Mexican island in the Pacific to the west of Baja California | ||
| aleutian islands, aleutians an archipelago in the North Pacific extending southwest from Alaska | ||
| oceania, oceanica a large group of islands in the south Pacific including Melanesia and Micronesia and Polynesia (and sometimes Australasia and the Malay Archipelago) | ||
| australasia Australia, New Zealand, and neighboring islands in the South Pacific | ||
| austronesia islands of central and South Pacific (Indonesia and Melanesia and Micronesia and Polynesia) | ||
| wake island, wake an island in the western Pacific between Guam and Hawaii | ||
| east india, east indies, malay archipelago a group of islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans between Asia and Australia | ||
| new guinea a Pacific island to the north of Australia; the 2nd largest island in the world; the western part is governed by Indonesia and the eastern part is Papua New Guinea | ||
| japanese archipelago, japanese islands, japan lacquer with a durable glossy black finish, originally from the orient | ||
| volcano islands a group of Japanese Islands in the northwestern Pacific Ocean to the north of the Marianas | ||
| new zealand islands, new zealand North Island and South Island and adjacent small islands in the South Pacific | ||
| belau, palau islands, pelew, palau a republic in the western central Pacific Ocean in association with the United States | ||
| philippine islands, philippines an archipelago in the southwestern Pacific including some 7000 islands | ||
| catalina island, santa catalina an island resort in the Pacific off the southwestern coast of California | ||
| antarctic ocean the southern waters surrounding Antarctica | ||
| arafura sea a part of the western Pacific Ocean to the north of Australia and to the south of New Guinea and the eastern islands of Indonesia | ||
| bering sea part of the North Pacific between Alaska and Siberia; connected to the Arctic Ocean by the Bering Strait | ||
| coral sea a Japanese defeat in World War II (May 1942); the first naval battle fought entirely by planes based on aircraft carriers | ||
| east china sea part of the Pacific Ocean near eastern Asia | ||
| gulf of alaska a gulf of the Pacific Ocean between the Alaska Peninsula and the Alexander Archipelago | ||
| gulf of tehuantepec an arm of the Pacific in southern Mexico | ||
| inland sea an arm of the Pacific Ocean in southern Japan; surrounded by the islands of Honshu and Shikoku and Kyushu and linked to the Sea of Japan by a narrow channel; the chief port is Hiroshima | ||
| north pacific that part of the Pacific Ocean to the north of the equator | ||
| osaka bay a bay of the western Pacific in southern Honshu | ||
| pacific coast a coast of the Pacific Ocean | ||
| puget sound an inlet of the North Pacific in northwestern Washington State | ||
| san diego bay a bay of the Pacific in southern California | ||
| san francisco bay a bay of the Pacific in western California | ||
| east sea, sea of japan an arm of the Pacific between China and Japan | ||
| sea of okhotsk an arm of the Pacific to the east of Asia | ||
| south china sea a tropical arm of the Pacific Ocean near southeastern Asia subject to frequent typhoons | ||
| south pacific that part of the Pacific Ocean to the south of the equator | ||
| tasman sea an arm of the southern Pacific Ocean between southeastern Australia and New Zealand | ||
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| pacific - relating to or bordering the Pacific Ocean; "Pacific islands" | ||
| pacific - disposed to peace or of a peaceful nature; "the pacific temper seeks to settle disputes on grounds of justice rather than by force"; "a quiet and peaceable person"; "in a peaceable and orderly manner" | ||
| peaceable | ||
| peaceful, peaceable not disturbed by strife or turmoil or war; "a peaceful nation"; "peaceful times"; "a far from peaceful Christmas"; "peaceful sleep" | ||
| pacific - promoting peace; "the result of this pacific policy was that no troops were called up" | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- pacific (a.)
Of or pertaining to peace; suited to make or restore peace; of a peaceful character; not warlike; not quarrelsome; conciliatory; as, pacific words or acts; a pacific nature or condition.
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pacific
The world's largest body of water, to the east of Asia and Australasia and to the west of the Americas.
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🔤- pacific, noun, singular of pacifics.
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