Definitions for indian ocean
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1. Indian Oceannoun

   the 3rd largest ocean; bounded by Africa on the west, Asia on the north, Australia on the east and merging with the Antarctic Ocean to the south

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1. Indian Oceannoun

   the ocean separating Africa, southern Asia, Australia and Antarctica.

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1. indian ocean

   The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering approximately 20% of the Earth's water surface. It is bordered by Asia on the north, Africa on the west, Australia on the east and Antarctica on the south. It includes major seas like the Arabian Sea, the Bay of Bengal, and the Andaman Sea. Important strategic waterways, including the Strait of Malacca, the Suez Canal and the Strait of Hormuz, are part of the Indian Ocean.

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1. Indian Ocean

   The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering approximately 20% of the water on the Earth's surface. It is bounded by Asia—including India, after which the ocean is named—on the north, on the west by Africa, on the east by Australia, and on the south by the Southern Ocean As one component of the World Ocean, the Indian Ocean is delineated from the Atlantic Ocean by the 20° east meridian running south from Cape Agulhas, and from the Pacific Ocean by the meridian of 146°55' east. The northernmost extent of the Indian Ocean is approximately 30° north in the Persian Gulf. The ocean is nearly 10,000 km wide at the southern tips of Africa and Australia, and its area is 73,556,000 km², including the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf. The ocean's volume is estimated to be 292,131,000 km³. Small islands dot the continental rims. Island nations within the ocean are Madagascar, Comoros, Seychelles, Maldives, Mauritius, and Sri Lanka. The archipelago of Indonesia borders the ocean on the east.

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1. Indian Ocean

   is that stretch of sea between Africa on the W. and Australia, Java, and Sumatra on the E., which separates in the N. into the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal; the monsoons, or trade-winds, blow here with great regularity; from April to October they are strong from the SW., from October to April more gentle in the opposite direction; there are many islands and reefs of coral formation, such as the Maldive group; St. Paul's and Mauritius are volcanic, while Madagascar and Ceylon are typical continental islands.

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1. Indian Ocean

   A body of water covering approximately one-fifth of the total ocean area of the earth, extending amidst Africa in the west, Australia in the east, Asia in the north, and Antarctica in the south. Including the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf, it constitutes the third largest ocean after the ATLANTIC OCEAN and the PACIFIC OCEAN. (New Encyclopaedia Britannica Micropaedia, 15th ed, 1990, p289)

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1. indian ocean

   The great Oriental Ocean.

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   The numerical value of indian ocean in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

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   The numerical value of indian ocean in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of indian ocean in a Sentence

1. Gen Nakatani:

   It is very meaningful from the standpoint of securing safety in the wide area of the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean, for Japan, the United States and India to cooperate on security and defense areas and to conduct training.

2. Martin Dolan:

   We are getting closer. At this stage, we are highly confident -- but it still needs confirmation -- that it is a part from a 777 aircraft, the only 777 aircraft that we're aware of in the Indian Ocean that could have led to this part floating is MH370.

3. Darren Chester:

   That such debris has been found on the east coast of Africa is consistent with drift modelling ... and further affirms our search efforts in the southern Indian Ocean.

4. Blaine Gibson:

   Mozambique is really separate from this -- even though it's on the Indian Ocean. I didn't come here to look for the plane, it was my 177th country to visit. I'm here as a tourist, but since I'm passionately interested in MH370, and I am on the Indian Ocean I thought, 'Why not take a boat out and ask some of the local people where stuff washed ashore from the open ocean?'.

5. Srinivasa Tummala:

   The Indian Ocean region is much safer against the tsunami threat than it was in 2004.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=indian ocean
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Indian_Ocean
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=indian ocean
5. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12342/pg12342-images.html#IndianOcean
6. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=indian ocean