[syn: oceanic, pelagic]
2. resembling the ocean in apparent limitlessness in extent or degree;
- Example: "the oceanic violence of his rage"
3. constituting or living in the open sea;
- Example: "oceanic waters"
- Example: "oceanic life"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Oceanic \O`ce*an"ic\ ([=o]`sh[-e]*[a^]n"[i^]k), a. [Cf. F.
oc['e]anique. See Ocean.]
1. Of or pertaining to the ocean; found or formed in or
about, or produced by, the ocean; frequenting the ocean,
especially mid-ocean.
[1913 Webster]
Petrels are the most aerial and oceanic of birds.
--Darwin.
[1913 Webster]
2. Of or pertaining to Oceania or its inhabitants.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
oceanic
adj 1: relating to or occurring or living in or frequenting the
open ocean; "oceanic islands like Bermuda"; "oceanic
currents"; "oceanic birds"; "pelagic organisms"; "pelagic
whaling" [syn: oceanic, pelagic]
2: resembling the ocean in apparent limitlessness in extent or
degree; "the oceanic violence of his rage"
3: constituting or living in the open sea; "oceanic waters";
"oceanic life"
n 1: an eastern subfamily of Malayo-Polynesian languages [syn:
Oceanic, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
23 Moby Thesaurus words for "oceanic":
aquatic, bathymetric, bathyorographical, deep-sea, deep-water,
hydrographic, marine, maritime, nautical, naval, navigational,
ocean, ocean-going, oceanographic, pelagic, salty, sea, seafaring,
seamanlike, seamanly, terriginous, thalassic, water-borne