Pacific Ocean
n. large ocean which separates eastern Asia from the western United States | ||||
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Pacific Ocean Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Pacific Ocean
Noun
1. the largest ocean in the world
(synonym) Pacific
(hypernym) ocean
(hyponym) North Pacific
(part-meronym) Guadalupe Island
(class) Iwo, Iwo Jima, invasion of Iwo
Noun
1. the largest ocean in the world
(synonym) Pacific
(hypernym) ocean
(hyponym) North Pacific
(part-meronym) Guadalupe Island
(class) Iwo, Iwo Jima, invasion of Iwo
| Concise English-Irish Dictionary v. 1.1 |
Pacific Ocean
Aigéan Ciúin
Aigéan Ciúin
Pacific Ocean Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
| CIA World Factbook 2005 |
Pacific Ocean
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The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the world's five oceans (followed by the Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Southern Ocean, and Arctic Ocean). Strategically important access waterways include the La Perouse, Tsugaru, Tsushima, Taiwan, Singapore, and Torres Straits. The decision by the International Hydrographic Organization in the spring of 2000 to delimit a fifth ocean, the Southern Ocean, removed the portion of the Pacific Ocean south of 60 degrees south.
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Pacific Ocean Definition from Government Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Pacific Ocean
Inmarsat: -872
Inmarsat: -872
Pacific Ocean Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean (from the Latin name Mare Pacificum, "peaceful sea", bestowed upon it by the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan) is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic in the north to the Antarctic in the south, bounded by Asia and Australia on the west and the Americas on the east. At 169.2 million square kilometres (65.3 million square miles) in area, this largest division of the World Ocean – and, in turn, the hydrosphere – covers about 46% of the Earth's water surface and about 32% of its total surface area, making it larger than all of the Earth's land area combined. The equator subdivides it into the North Pacific Ocean and South Pacific Ocean. The Mariana Trench in the western North Pacific is the deepest point in the Pacific and the world, reaching a depth of 10,911 metres (35,798 feet).
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