pacific /(?)/
pa·cif·ic
pacific
a.
- Of or pertaining to peace; of a peaceful character; not warlike; not quarrelsome; as, a pacific nature or condition.
- Promoting peace; suited to make or restore peace; conciliatory; as, pacific words or acts.
- of or pertaining to the Pacific Ocean; as, Pacific islands.
Phrases & Compounds
- Pacific Ocean
- the ocean between America and Asia, so called by Magellan, its first European navigator, on account of the exemption from violent tempests which he enjoyed while sailing over it; -- called also, simply, the Pacific, and, formerly, the South sea.
Pacific
prop. n.
- The Pacific Ocean, the largest ocean.