oceanic

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o⋅ce⋅an⋅ic

[oh-shee-an-ik]

–adjective

1.	of, living in, or produced by the ocean: oceanic currents.

2.	of or pertaining to the region of water lying above the bathyal, abyssal, and hadal zones of the sea bottom. Compare neritic, pelagic.

3.	immensely large; vast: an oceanic expanse of stars.

4.	(initial capital letter) of or pertaining to Oceania, its peoples, or their languages.

Origin:
1650–60; < ML ōceanicus, equiv. to L ōcean(us) ocean + -icus -ic

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o·ce·an·ic (ō'shē-ān'ĭk)

adj.

Of or relating to the ocean: "Like many oceanic islands, Bermuda was originally free of all mammals except the bat" (Dwight Holing).
Produced by or living in an ocean, especially in the open sea rather than in shallow coastal waters.
Resembling an ocean in expanse; vast: oceanic steppes.

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oceanic (ō'shē-ān'ĭk) Pronunciation Key

Relating to the ocean.
Relating to the ocean waters that lie beyond the continental shelf and exceed 200 m (656 ft) in depth. Compare neritic. See more at epipelagic zone.

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