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Definition of Pacific
1. Adjective. Relating to or bordering the Pacific Ocean. "Pacific islands"
2. Noun. The largest ocean in the world.
Geographical relationships: Invasion Of Iwo, Iwo, Iwo Jima, Battle Of The Philippine Sea, Philippine Sea
Terms within: Guadalupe Island, Aleutian Islands, Aleutians, Oceania, Oceanica, Australasia, Austronesia, Wake, Wake Island, East India, East Indies, Malay Archipelago, New Guinea, Japan, Japanese Archipelago, Japanese Islands, Volcano Islands, New Zealand, New Zealand Islands, Belau, Palau, Palau Islands, Pelew, Philippine Islands, Philippines, Catalina Island, Santa Catalina, Antarctic Ocean, Arafura Sea, Bering Sea, Coral Sea, East China Sea, Gulf Of Alaska, Gulf Of Tehuantepec, Inland Sea, North Pacific, Osaka Bay, Pacific Coast, Puget Sound, San Diego Bay, San Francisco Bay, East Sea, Sea Of Japan, Sea Of Okhotsk, South China Sea, South Pacific, Tasman Sea, Huang Hai, Yellow Sea
Generic synonyms: Ocean
3. Adjective. Disposed to peace or of a peaceful nature. "In a peaceable and orderly manner"
4. Adjective. Promoting peace. "The result of this pacific policy was that no troops were called up"
Definition of Pacific
1. 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.
Definition of Pacific
1. Proper noun. The Pacific Ocean. ¹
2. Adjective. Related to the Pacific Ocean. ¹
3. Adjective. Calm, peaceful. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pacific
1. peaceful [adj] - See also: peaceful
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pacific
Literary usage of Pacific
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Index of Economic Material in Documents of the States of the United States by Adelaide Rosalia Hasse (1908)
"Reduction of 20% in ticket rates; Southern pacific Co. ... Southern pacific Co.
for relief in matter of rr facilities in connection with their grain ..."
2. Around the world in eighty days by Jules Verne (1874)
"The pacific Railroad is, however, really divided into two distinct lines : the
Central pacific, between San Francisco and Ogden, and the Union pacific, ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"The Northern pacific and Chicago, Milwaukee and Saint Paul railways have their
western ... The Great Northern and the Oregon and Washington (Union pacific) ..."
4. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1916)
"Panama-pacific exposition—Continued Ode on the exposition; poem. ... 11 Overland
ns 66:517-21 D '15 Japanese art at the Panama-pacific exposition. ..."
5. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting (1908)
"THE MISSION OF THE pacific SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTION REMARKS OF MR. WILLIAM ALANSON
BRYAN Ladies and Gentlemen: Fortunately there are many present who need not ..."
6. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1914)
"pacific ASSOCIATION OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES THE fourth annual convention of the
pacific Association will be held at the University of Washington, May 21-23, ..."
7. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1911)
"On the eastern side temperature falls to 22° on the equator and is slightly higher
to N. and S. In the North pacific, beyond lat. ..."
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