dictionary definitions for "atlantic"


From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  Atlantic
      adj 1: relating to or bordering the Atlantic Ocean; "Atlantic
             currents"
      n 1: the 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on
           the west from Europe and Africa on the east [syn:
           Atlantic, Atlantic Ocean]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Atlantic \At*lan"tic\, a. [L. Atlanticus, fr. Atlas. See Atlas
     and Atlantes.]
     1. 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.
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     2. Of or pertaining to the isle of Atlantis.
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     3. Descended from Atlas.
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              The seven Atlantic sisters.           --Milton.
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