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oceanic

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o·ce·an·ic  (sh-nk)
adj.
1. Of or relating to the ocean: "Like many oceanic islands, Bermuda was originally free of all mammals except the bat" Dwight Holing.
2. Produced by or living in an ocean, especially in the open sea rather than in shallow coastal waters.
3. Resembling an ocean in expanse; vast: oceanic steppes.
oceanic  (sh-nk)
1. Relating to the ocean.
2. Relating to the ocean waters that lie beyond the continental shelf and exceed 200 m (656 ft) in depth. Compare neritic. See more at epipelagic zone.
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Noun1.oceanicOceanic - an eastern subfamily of Malayo-Polynesian languages
Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
Malayo-Polynesian, Polynesian - the branch of the Austronesian languages spoken from Madagascar to the central Pacific
Tahitian - the Oceanic language spoken on Tahiti
Maori - the Oceanic language spoken by the Maori in New Zealand
Hawaiian - the Oceanic languages spoken on Hawaii
Fijian - the Oceanic language spoken on Fiji
Adj.1.oceanic - relating to or occurring or living in or frequenting the open ocean; "oceanic islands like Bermuda"; "oceanic currents"; "oceanic birds"; "pelagic organisms"; "pelagic whaling"
pelagic
2.oceanic - resembling the ocean in apparent limitlessness in extent or degree; "the oceanic violence of his rage"
unlimited, limitless - having no limits in range or scope; "to start with a theory of unlimited freedom is to end up with unlimited despotism"- Philip Rahv; "the limitless reaches of outer space"
3.oceanic - constituting or living in the open sea; "oceanic waters"; "oceanic life"
marine - relating to or characteristic of or occurring on or in the sea
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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.
20,000 Leagues Under The Sea by Verne, Jules View in context
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 Origin of Species by Darwin, Charles View in context
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.
The Voyage of the Beagle by Darwin, Charles View in context
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