What does Pacific mean?

Definitions for Pacific
pəˈsɪf ɪkpa·cif·ic

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Pacific.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. Pacific, Pacific Oceanadjective

    the largest ocean in the world

  2. Pacificadjective

    relating to or bordering the Pacific Ocean

    "Pacific islands"

  3. pacific, peaceableadjective

    disposed to peace or of a peaceful nature

    "the pacific temper seeks to settle disputes on grounds of justice rather than by force"; "a quiet and peaceable person"; "in a peaceable and orderly manner"

  4. pacificadjective

    promoting peace

    "the result of this pacific policy was that no troops were called up"

Wiktionary

  1. pacificadjective

    Calm, peaceful.

  2. Pacificadjective

    Related to the Pacific Ocean.

  3. Pacificnoun

    The Pacific Ocean.

  4. Etymology: From pācificus "peace-making"

Wikipedia

  1. Pacific

    The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the continents of Asia and Oceania in the west and the Americas in the east. At 165,250,000 square kilometers (63,800,000 square miles) in area (as defined with a southern Antarctic border), this largest division of the World Ocean and the hydrosphere covers about 46 percent of Earth's water surface and about 32 percent of its total surface area, larger than Earth's entire land area combined 148,000,000 km2 (57,000,000 sq mi). The centers of both the Water Hemisphere and the Western Hemisphere, as well as the oceanic pole of inaccessibility are in the Pacific Ocean. Ocean circulation (caused by the Coriolis effect) subdivides it into two largely independent volumes of water, which meet at the equator: the North Pacific Ocean and South Pacific Ocean. The Galápagos and Gilbert Islands, while straddling the equator, are deemed wholly within the South Pacific.The Pacific Ocean's mean depth is 4,000 meters (13,000 feet). Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench, located in the western north Pacific, is the deepest known point in the world, reaching a depth of 10,928 meters (35,853 feet). The Pacific also contains the deepest point in the Southern Hemisphere, the Horizon Deep in the Tonga Trench, at 10,823 meters (35,509 feet). The third deepest point on Earth, the Sirena Deep, is also located in the Mariana Trench. The western Pacific has many major marginal seas, including but not limited to the South China Sea, the East China Sea, the Sea of Japan, the Sea of Okhotsk, the Philippine Sea, the Coral Sea, Java Sea and the Tasman Sea.

ChatGPT

  1. pacific

    1. Pertaining to the Pacific Ocean, typically referring to the region or countries located near or bordering this ocean. 2. Peaceful or calm in manner or behavior, tending to avoid conflict or violent situations. 3. As a capitalized term, The Pacific, it specifically means the Pacific Ocean.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Pacificadjective

    of or pertaining to peace; suited to make or restore peace; of a peaceful character; not warlike; not quarrelsome; conciliatory; as, pacific words or acts; a pacific nature or condition

Wikidata

  1. Pacific

    MS Pacific is a cruise ship owned and operated by the Brazil-based Viagens CVC. She was built in 1971 by Nordseewerke, Emden, West Germany as Sea Venture for Flagship Cruises. She operated cruises between the USA and Bermuda, which had been settled by the survivors of the wreck of the original Sea Venture in 1609. Between 1975 and 2002 she sailed for Princess Cruises as Pacific Princess, famous for appearing in the romantic sitcom The Love Boat. In 2008, Pacific was chartered by the newly-established Quail Cruises to operate cruises out of Valencia, Spain, but was retired from service when renovation work proved more expensive than had been anticipated and was sold to a company specializing in ship breaking in 2012. As of 16 May 2013, she remains laid up in Genoa.

Editors Contribution

  1. pacific

    A type of ocean with a known location on planet earth.

    The pacific ocean is bounded by the continents of Asia and Australia in the west and the Americas in the east.


    Submitted by MaryC on April 11, 2020  

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. PACIFIC

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Pacific is ranked #50362 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Pacific surname appeared 415 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Pacific.

    90.1% or 374 total occurrences were White.
    5.7% or 24 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    3.3% or 14 total occurrences were Black.

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Pacific' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3450

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Pacific in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Pacific in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of Pacific in a Sentence

  1. Bernie Sanders:

    It is also no secret that we have, as is the case in a democratic society, we have differences of opinion, i was on the floor of the Senate for eight and half hours, in disagreement with him over taxes. We disagree over the (Trans-Pacific Partnership). But by and large over the last seven years, on major issue after major issue, I have stood by his side.

  2. Ivo Daalder:

    Frankly, [Australia] wanted to bind the U.S. into the Pacific as well and this is another way to do that, the strategic rationale for going with the UK-U.S. was much more significant than going with the French.

  3. Adrian Guerrero:

    But that's the reality of what Union Pacific has been facing over the past year, and it's helping us shine a light on this issue. I think it's a call to action for a number of stakeholders involved in this issue because…there are a number of folks being impacted by this.

  4. Michael Cimarusti:

    If you want to save Pacific salmon, you should eat Pacific salmon, because if there's not a market for wild Pacific salmon there won't be fishermen out there chasing them and lawmakers won't regulate their protection.

  5. Jonathan Pryke:

    It isn't helping Australia's efforts in the Pacific. This is the nature of consensus and compromise. That message gets hard when compromise essentially means the loss of livelihoods for some members.

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