Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The Atlantic Ocean.
- noun The westernmost branch of the Niger-Congo language family.
- adjective Of, in, or near the Atlantic Ocean.
- adjective Of, on, or near the eastern coast of the United States.
- adjective Of or concerning countries bordering the Atlantic Ocean, especially those of Europe and North America.
- adjective Of or relating to the westernmost branch of the Niger-Congo language family.
from The Century Dictionary.
- [lowercase] Relating to the atlas or first vertebra of the neck.
- Pertaining to or descended from Atlas: as, “the seven Atlantic Sisters” (the Pleiades)
- Appellative of or pertaining to that division of the ocean which lies between Europe and Africa on the east and America on the west.
- noun The Atlantic ocean.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to Mt. Atlas in Libya, and hence applied to the ocean which lies between Europe and Africa on the east and America on the west
- adjective Of or pertaining to the isle of Atlantis.
- adjective Descended from Atlas.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun The
Atlantic Ocean . - proper noun A branch of the
Niger-Congo languages spoken along the Atlantic coast in West Africa. - adjective Pertaining to the
Atlantic Ocean . - adjective Pertaining to
locations adjacent to or in the vicinity of the Atlantic Ocean, such as the British Isles or theeastern seaboard of the USA. - adjective Pertaining to the legendary island of Atlantis.
- adjective Pertaining to the Atlantic language family.
- adjective Descended from the legendary
Atlas .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective relating to or bordering the Atlantic Ocean
- noun the 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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SIR RICHARD BRANSON, CEO, VIRGIN ATLANTIC: If you go back, you know, the Atlantic was crossed by Lindbergh, and then Amelia Earhart did the Pacific.
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In failure of highlands (_assumed_ not to exist), the British negotiators claim a line which, instead of dividing the St. Lawrence and Atlantic waters, would actually extend between two rivers, _both of which fall into the Atlantic_.
A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 3, part 2: Martin Van Buren 1878
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Railway: Atlantic and Pacific, _see Atlantic_; to Castlemaine, 79; carriage, American, 251; smash, 289; touters at S. Francisco, 247.
A Boy's Voyage Round the World Samuel Smiles 1858
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The equatorial Pacific is warmer than the equatorial atlantic, and so tropical cyclones in the Pacific are on average more intense than those in the Atlantic.
WordPress.com News 2009
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"ATLANTIC RECORDS: TIME CAPSULE" is dedicated to Atlantic founder Ahmet Ertegun, who remained active at the company until his passing in 2006 at the age of 83.
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ATLANTIC SALMON: Sometimes called the "king of fish," the Atlantic salmon has already declined by 90 percent.
YubaNet.com 2009
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Ertegun explained: The name Atlantic was probably about our eightieth choice, because every name we came up with . . . had already been taken. . .
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Here are his responses to questions about how Virgin Atlantic is dealing with the industry crisis so well.
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A recent article on The Sietch Blog claims that Virgin Atlantic is “on the brink of collapse”.
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On this, an un-named source has commented that it reflects that Virgin Atlantic is in trouble.
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