Atlantic
//ətˈlæn.tɪk// adj, name, noun
adj, name, noun ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A steam locomotive of the 4-4-2 wheel arrangement.
"It is equally curious that whereas the first Swindon-built Atlantic began its career as a 4-6-0, the first Great Western 4-cylinder 4-6-0 began its career as an Atlantic."
Adjective
- 1 Pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean. not-comparable
- 2 Pertaining to locations adjacent to or in the vicinity of the Atlantic Ocean, such as the British Isles in Northwestern Europe, or the eastern seaboard of the United States. not-comparable
- 3 Pertaining to the legendary island of Atlantis. not-comparable
- 4 Pertaining to the Atlantic language family. not-comparable
- 5 Descended from the legendary Atlas. not-comparable
"The Seav'n Atlantick sisters."
Adjective
- 1 relating to or bordering the Atlantic Ocean wordnet
Proper Noun
- 1 The Atlantic Ocean.
- 2 A branch of the Niger-Congo languages spoken along the Atlantic coast in West Africa.
- 3 A phase of the Holocene epoch in the Blytt–Sernander system, extending from approximately 8,000 to 5,000 years before present.
- 4 A city, the county seat of Cass County, Iowa, United States.
Synonyms
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More examples"Lindbergh was the first man to fly across the Atlantic."
Etymology
From Middle English Atlantyke, from Latin Ā̆tlanticus, from Ancient Greek Ἀτλαντικός (Atlantikós, “Atlantean, of Atlas”), from Ancient Greek Ἄτλᾱς (Átlās), either from ἁ- (ha-, copulative prefix) + Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- (“bear, undergo, endure”) or of Pre-Greek origin.
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