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titanic

1

[ tahy-tan-ik, ti- ]

adjective

, Chemistry.
  1. of or containing titanium, especially in the tetravalent state.


titanic

2

[ tahy-tan-ik ]

adjective

  1. (initial capital letter) of, relating to, or characteristic of the Titans.
  2. Also titan. of enormous size, strength, power, etc.; gigantic.

Titanic

3

[ tahy-tan-ik ]

noun

  1. RMS Titanic, a British luxury liner that sank after colliding with an iceberg in the North Atlantic on its maiden voyage in April 1912, with a loss of more than 1,500 lives.

titanic

1

/ taɪˈtænɪk /

adjective

  1. possessing or requiring colossal strength

    a titanic battle



Titanic

2

/ taɪˈtænɪk /

noun

  1. the Titanic
    a luxury British liner that struck an iceberg near Newfoundland on its maiden voyage on the night of April 14–15, 1912, with the loss of 1513 lives

titanic

3

/ taɪˈtænɪk /

adjective

  1. of or containing titanium, esp in the tetravalent state

Titanic

  1. A British luxury ocean liner, thought to be unsinkable, which nevertheless sank on its first voyage in 1912 after running into an iceberg in the north Atlantic Ocean . More than fifteen hundred people drowned.


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Derived Forms

  • tiˈtanically, adverb

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Other Words From

  • ti·tani·cal·ly adverb

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Word History and Origins

Origin of titanic1

First recorded in 1820–30; titan(ium) + -ic

Origin of titanic2

From the Greek word Tītānikós, dating back to 1650–60. See Titan, -ic

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Example Sentences

“A turning point in my life was when I watched the movie Titanic,” Yeonmi told the audience at the Oslo Freedom Forum.

You know, James Cameron: the director of The Terminator, True Lies, Titanic, and Avatar, among other obscure movies.

And while I may have put a bunch of stunt guys in peril on Titanic, it was my ass in the sphere on the dive.

The American people largely thought him a crazy man in 1964, and of course he lost to Johnson by titanic proportions.

Titanic once bet $10,000 that Nick (the Greek) Dandolos, another high operator, would not sink a 25-foot putt.

Then came the end: the Titanic, with a low long slanting dive went down and with her Thomas Andrews.

She was here, and the place was about to be blasted by some titanic explosive of the Croen science creation!

At every turn in the river the panorama changed, and they beheld new marvels of this Titanic architecture.

So far as can be ascertained, it was never heard of by anyone on board the Titanic outside the Marconi room.

This message was from the steamship Californian to the steamship Antillian, but was picked up by the Titanic.

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