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oceanic [ˌəʊʃɪˈænɪk] adj 1. of or relating to the ocean 2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) living in the depths of the ocean beyond the continental shelf at a depth exceeding 200 metres oceanic fauna 3. huge or overwhelming 4. (Earth Sciences / Geological Science) (of geological formations) of volcanic origin, arising from the ocean oceanic islands Oceanic [ˌəʊʃɪˈænɪk] n (Linguistics / Languages) a branch, group, or subfamily of the Malayo-Polynesian family of languages, comprising Polynesian and Melanesian adj 1. (Linguistics / Languages) of, relating to, or belonging to this group of languages 2. (Placename) of or relating to Oceania
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Translations oceanic adj (fig) → riesenhaft oceanic [ˌəʊʃɪˈænɪk] adj → oceanico/a oceanic [ˌəʊʃɪˈænɪk] adj → oceanico/a How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The Nautilus remained motionless, the force of its screw subdued by the inclination of its planes: the instrument was propped on the bottom of the oceanic site, and in a few seconds we had obtained a perfect negative. If we turn to nature to test the truth of these remarks, and look at any small isolated area, such as an oceanic island, although the total number of the species inhabiting it, will be found to be small, as we shall see in our chapter on geographical distribution; yet of these species a very large proportion are endemic,--that is, have been produced there, and nowhere else. The volcanic nature of these oceanic islands is evidently an extension of that law, and the effect of those same causes, whether chemical or mechanical, from which it results that a vast majority of the volcanoes now in action stand either near sea-coasts or as islands in the midst of the sea. |
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