Atlantic
[æt'læntɪk] or [ət'læntɪk]
Definition
(noun.) the 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east.
(adj.) relating to or bordering the Atlantic Ocean; 'Atlantic currents' .
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Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to Mt. Atlas in Libya, and hence applied to the ocean which lies between Europe and Africa on the east and America on the west; as, the Atlantic Ocean (called also the Atlantic); the Atlantic basin; the Atlantic telegraph.
(a.) Of or pertaining to the isle of Atlantis.
(a.) Descended from Atlas.
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Definition
adj. pertaining to Atlas or to the Atlantic Ocean.—n. the ocean between Europe Africa and America.
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Examples
- The Savannah, the first steam vessel to cross the Atlantic, made the trip in 1819 in 26 days. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- If Napoleon had deemed it best to have continued his journey across the Atlantic to America he would have been compelled to pass several weeks on an uncomfortable sailing vessel. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The Deutschland in her eastward trip September 4, 1900, crossed the Atlantic in 5 days 7 hours and 38 minutes, which is the fastest time on record. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Fulton was now forty-two years old, and famous on both sides of the Atlantic. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Electroplating became an art, and telegraphy sprang into active being on both sides of the Atlantic. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- If I stay in England, in England you will stay; if I cross the Atlantic, you will cross it also. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Men may have navigated boats upon the Levantine lake before the refilling of the Mediterranean by the Atlantic waters. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- On either side of the peninsula the Atlantic in varying mood lies extended in summer sunshine, or from its shroud of mist thunders o n the black cliffs and their time-sculptured sandstones. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Floor of first lock from Atlantic side. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- So, too, was the first ship using steam (she also had sails) to cross the Atlantic, the _Savannah_ (1819). H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Among the applications of the telegraph which deserve special mention for magnitude and importance is the Atlantic Cable. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Porter, commanding North Atlantic Blockading Squadron. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- A specially constructed Diesel engine was probably the chief aid in the accomplishment of the first submarine trans-Atlantic voyage by the German submarine Deutschland. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Little did you know that at that very moment I was being appealed to: being approached, in fact--from the other side of the Atlantic! Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- A modification of this was afterward used on the French Atlantic lines for making an artificial horizon to take observations for position at sea. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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