Pacific
[pə'sɪfɪk]
Definition
(noun.) the largest ocean in the world.
(adj.) promoting peace; 'the result of this pacific policy was that no troops were called up' .
(adj.) disposed to peace or of a peaceful nature; 'the pacific temper seeks to settle disputes on grounds of justice rather than by force'; 'a quiet and peaceable person'; 'in a peaceable and orderly manner' .
(adj.) relating to or bordering the Pacific Ocean; 'Pacific islands' .
Inputed by Alex--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to peace; suited to make or restore peace; of a peaceful character; not warlike; not quarrelsome; conciliatory; as, pacific words or acts; a pacific nature or condition.
Editor: Maggie
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Conciliatory, appeasing, mild, peace-making.[2]. Peaceful, peaceable, tranquil, gentle, calm, smooth, quiet, unruffled.
Edited by Clare
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Conciliatory, mild, appeasing, calm, tranquil, peaceful
ANT:Unconciliatory, harsh, quarrelsome, exasperating, irritating, turbulent, noisy,tumultuous, warlike
Edited by Bridget
Examples
- Altogether, on the Isthmus and on the Pacific side, we were delayed six weeks. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Probably the most interesting of them all is the great Robber-crab, which is found on certain islands of the Pacific. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- At that day fifty dollar gold pieces, not the issue of the government, were common on the Pacific coaSt. They were called slugs. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Gould in relation to the Pacific. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- It was seen that the volunteers of the Mexican war largely composed the pioneers to settle up the Pacific coast country. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The Pacific Railway, the first of our half a dozen transcontinental railways, was completed in 1869. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Had Dom Pedro lived to see the Panama-Pacific Exposition he might have listened to Professor Bell talking not merely from the other end of a room, but from the other side of a continent. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- His empire reached already from the Pacific to the Dnieper. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The kelps are abundant, covering thousands of square miles in the Pacific Ocean, from Mexico to the Arctic Ocean. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- He was very broad-minded and enthusiastic and would rejoice in Watt's improvements of the steam engine or Cook's discoveri es in the South Pacific. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- While I was stationed on the Pacific coast we were free from Indian wars. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Our active policy of the Pacific dated from that hour. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It is found, it is to be noted, in the warm waters of the Indian and Pacific oceans. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- On its way west in the Pacific the Beagle spent a month at the Galapagos Archipelago, which lies under the equator five or six hundred miles from the mainland. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Commercial redwood--and there are twenty-one mills cutting redwood--is one of the most valuable woods on the Pacific coast. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
Typist: Ursula