oceanic: Meaning and Definition of
o•ce•an•ic
Pronunciation: (ō"shē-an'ik), [key] — adj.
- of, living in, or produced by the ocean: oceanic currents.
- of or pertaining to the region of water lying above the bathyal, abyssal, and hadal zones of the sea bottom. Cf.
- immensely large; vast: an oceanic expanse of stars.
- (cap.) of or pertaining to Oceania, its peoples, or their languages.
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