Definition of Subocean

1. Adjective. Formed or situated or occurring beneath the ocean or the ocean bed. "Suboceanic oil resources"

Exact synonyms: Suboceanic
Similar to: Marine

Definition of Subocean

1. existing below the floor of the ocean [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Subocean

subnormally
subnormals
subnotebook
subnotebooks
subnotochordal
subnuclear
subnuclei
subnucleus
subnucleuses
subnuvolar
subobject
subobjects
subobscurely
subobtuse
suboccipital
subocean (current term)
suboceanic
subocular
suboffice
subofficer
subofficers
suboffices
subohmic
subopercula
subopercular
suboperculars
suboperculum
suboptic
suboptimal
suboptimality

Literary usage of Subocean

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Geologist by Newton Horace Winchell (1901)
"The Secretary-General resumed a note from M. Hull on "subocean- ic terraces and valleys of the western rivers of Europe. ..."

2. The American Geologist: A Monthly Journal of Geology and Allied Sciences by Newton Horace Winchell (1901)
"The Secretary-General resumed a note from M. Hull on "subocean- ic terraces and valleys of the western rivers of Europe." Also a note from M. Huddleston, ..."

3. Tariff Circular by United States Interstate Commerce Commission (1915)
"... and permit the substitution of others would involve a species of falsification of the records which could not be permitted. — when not subOcean carriers ..."

4. Bulletin by Geological Society of America (1897)
"... the earth must be as much denser than the material of the land areas down to the center as the subocean radii are shorter than the subcontinental radii, ..."

5. An Index to the Genera and Species of the Foraminifera by Charles Davies Sherborn (1898)
"The recent outbreak of the subocean volcano off the Pacific coast, in Guerrero, is ascribed as the reason for the frightful demonstrations.—8. ..."

6. A Catalogue of Earthquakes on the Pacific Coast, 1769-1897 by Edward Singleton Holden (1898)
"The recent outbreak of the subocean volcano off the Pacific coast, in Guerrero, is ascribed as the reason for ..."

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