Pacific

//pəˈsɪfɪk// adj, name, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Calm, peaceful.

    "The policeman on the beat moved up the avenue impressively. […] Trying doors as he went, twirling his club with many intricate and artful movements, turning now and then to cast his watchful eye adown the pacific thoroughfare, the officer, with his stalwart form and slight swagger, made a fine picture of a guardian of the peace."

  2. 2
    Related to the Pacific Ocean. not-comparable
  3. 3
    Preferring peace by nature; avoiding violence.

    "The long-continued hostilities which had for centuries divided the south and the north divisions of the Island of Britain, had been happily terminated by the succession of the pacific James I, to the English crown."

Adjective
  1. 1
    promoting peace wordnet
  2. 2
    disposed to peace or of a peaceful nature wordnet
  3. 3
    relating to or bordering the Pacific Ocean wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The Pacific Ocean.

    "When our last plenary session was held in November of last year the Pacific was threatened with imminent outbreak of war. Since the subsequent beginning of the Japanese campaign of aggression in that ocean, China, in the company of her allies, has become the most important member of the forces fighting on the continent of East Asia."

  2. 2
    A city in Franklin County, Missouri, United States.
Noun
  1. 1
    A steam locomotive of the 4-6-2 wheel arrangement.

    "Britannia's firebox would appear to have derived from those of the Bulleid Pacifics, which it closely resembles."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle French pacifique.

Etymology 2

From Latin pācificus (“peace-making”), so called by Magellan because he sailed peacefully over it after weathering Cape Horn.

Etymology 3

From Latin pācificus (“peace-making”), so called by Magellan because he sailed peacefully over it after weathering Cape Horn.

Etymology 4

From Latin pācificus (“peace-making”), so called by Magellan because he sailed peacefully over it after weathering Cape Horn.

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