Pacific Ocean

[ puh-sif-ik oh-shuhn ]

/ pəˈsɪf ɪk ˈoʊ ʃən /

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noun

the largest of the world’s five principal oceans, bordered by the American continents, Asia, and Australia, with its deepest section in the Mariana Trench: divided by the equator into the North Pacific Ocean and the South Pacific Ocean. 62,455,900 square miles (161,760,000 square kilometers).

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Origin of Pacific Ocean

First recorded in1560–70

Words nearby Pacific Ocean

Pacific Islander, Pacific Islands, Pacific Islands, Trust Territory of the, Pacific Northwest, pacifico, Pacific Ocean, Pacific oyster, Pacific Plate, Pacific Rim, Pacific Rose, Pacific salmon

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How to use Pacific Ocean in a sentence

Pacific Ocean Since 2017, a zone of high pressure has often set up off the East Coast.
How tropical storms and hurricanes have hit U.S. shores with unparalleled frequency|Jason Samenow, Kasha Patel, Hannah Faith Dormido, Laris Karklis|September 29, 2021|Washington Post
Starting with a 410-gram sample of Pacific Ocean crust, Wallner and colleagues used a particle accelerator to separate and count atoms.
A study of Earth’s crust hints that supernovas aren’t gold mines|Emily Conover|May 13, 2021|Science News
Fairy wrasses appear to have first evolved in the Coral Triangle, a region of exceptionally high coral reef biodiversity in the western Pacific Ocean.
Flamboyant fishes evolved an explosion of color as seas rose and fell|Jake Buehler|April 1, 2021|Science News
Before colonizers took their land away, they sourced their own food from plants, hunting in the island’s jungles, and fishing in the vast Pacific Ocean that is now tainted with military and industrial activities.
The real love interest in Netflix’s Operation Christmas Drop is the US military|Rachel Ramirez|November 23, 2020|Vox

A high-pressure system parked over the eastern Pacific Ocean held smoke close to the ground above all major Oregon fires, grounding much of the Air Attack and Tactical fleet in the state.
West Coast states are calling in all their best planes and helicopters to fight fires|By Dan Pimentel/Flying|September 25, 2020|Popular-Science
This star-studded locale is Malibu Colony, a private stretch of around 100 homes sitting side by side on the Pacific Ocean.
The Rise of the Malibu Movie Colony|Michele Willens|April 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Tsars used them to push the frontiers of Russia southwards and east, through Siberia and as far as the Pacific Ocean.
Cossacks: The Cowboys of Crimea|Kamil Tchorek|March 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
As we speak, container ships full of toys, electronics, and clothing are chugging their way across the Pacific Ocean.
The Shutdown that Stole Christmas?|Daniel Gross|October 11, 2013|DAILY BEAST
But there used to be more of a focus on the big ideas too—Should America make its way to the Pacific Ocean?
Scott Brown-Elizabeth Warren Contest in Massachusetts: Ugliest Senate Race|Matt Latimer|September 28, 2012|DAILY BEAST
But he no more knew of the places named for him than he did of the Pacific Ocean or of distant planets.
The Strange Heritage of Columbus Day|Laurence Bergreen|October 10, 2011|DAILY BEAST
For the whole Pacific Ocean appeared to be heaving out its chest and coming on, eighty feet high.
The Belted Seas|Arthur Colton
Not so very long ago Halstead commanded a yacht on the Pacific Ocean, and had some of his most rousing adventures at that time.
Uncle Sam's Boys as Lieutenants|H. Irving Hancock
Hearing the savages tell of a great river flowing southward, he fancied that it must empty into the Pacific Ocean.
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies|H. A. (Hlne Adeline) Guerber
We have now to cross this, for our faces are set towards the Pacific Ocean.
Mexico|Charles Reginald Enock
In the middle of the Pacific Ocean, and hardly a ripple on the waves!
Fifty-Two Stories For Girls|Various

British Dictionary definitions for Pacific Ocean

Pacific Ocean

noun

the world's largest and deepest ocean, lying between Asia and Australia and North and South America: almost landlocked in the north, linked with the Arctic Ocean only by the Bering Strait, and extending to Antarctica in the south; has exceptionally deep trenches, and a large number of volcanic and coral islands. Area: about 165 760 000 sq km (64 000 000 sq miles). Average depth: 4215 m (14 050 ft). Greatest depth: Challenger Deep (in the Marianas Trench), 11 033 m (37 073 ft). Greatest width: (between Panama and Mindanao, Philippines) 17 066 km (10 600 miles)

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Cultural definitions for Pacific Ocean

Pacific Ocean

The largest ocean in the world, separating Asia and Australia on the west from North America and South America on the east.