pacific

Definition of pacific in English English dictionary: The Pacific Ocean; Calm, peaceful; {a} peaceable, peaceful, gentle, mild; {n} the great ocean between America and Asia; {s} of the Pacific ocean; Pacific is used to describe things that are in or that relate to the Pacific Ocean. the tiny Pacific island of Pohnpei. A pacific person, country, or course of action is peaceful or has the aim of bringing about peace. The Liberals were traditionally seen as the more pacific party. belligerent. peaceful and loving or wanting peace (pacifique, from pacificus, from pax; PEACE). adj. Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Pacific Security Treaty Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. Central Pacific Railroad Pacific Coast Ranges East Pacific Rise Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. Northern Pacific Railway Co. Pacific Islands Trust Territory of the Pacific Ocean Pacific Railway Acts Pacific War of the Union Pacific Corp. Protocol for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes; {i} Pacific Ocean; The Pacific or the Pacific Ocean is a very large sea to the west of North and South America, and to the east of Asia and Australia. an island in the Pacific; 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"; {s} of peace; peaceable; quiet; calm; relating to or bordering the Pacific Ocean; "Pacific islands; UTC - 8 hours UTC - 7 hours; 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; the largest ocean in the world; Locomotive with 4-6-2 wheel arrangement (refer Whyte); relating to or bordering the Pacific Ocean; "Pacific islands"; promoting peace; "the result of this pacific policy was that no troops were called up"; A steam locomotive with a 4-6-2 wheel arrangement, 4 pony truck wheels up front, 6 driving wheels in the middle and 2 trailing truck wheels at the rear under the firebox (click here to a photo of a Reading class G-3 Pacific); the largest ocean in the world promoting peace; "the result of this pacific policy was that no troops were called up"; the largest ocean in the world promoting peace; "the result of this pacific policy was that no troops were called up" 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" relating to or bordering the Pacific Ocean; "Pacific islands; Pacif; eirenic
Pacific Diver: Gavia pacifica, A medium-sized member of the diver family that breeds on deep lakes in the tundra region of Alaska and northern Canada, having a grey head, black throat, white underparts and chequered black-and-white mantle
Pacific Islander: A person who resides in or derives from Samoa, Tonga, Taukelau, Niue, Cook Islands or any other Pacfic Island
Pacific Northwest: The region of North America along the Pacific coast, the core of which is the states of Washington and Oregon, variously including southern British Columbia, northern California, Idaho, and the panhandle of or all of Alaska
Pacific Ocean: The world's largest body of water, to the east of Asia and Australasia and to the west of the Americas
Pacific Standard Time: the time of day in the time zone that encompasses the West coast of the United States
Pacific blackchin: A dark drown oceanodromous fish, scientific name Scopelengys tristis, of the Neoscopelidae family
Pacific loon: The Pacific diver as it is known in North America
Pacific loons: plural form of Pacific loon
Pacific silver fir: A fir native to the coastal region of Pacific North America, Abies amabilis
Pacific silver firs: plural form of Pacific silver fir
Pacific Islands: A group of more than 2,000 islands and islets of the northwest Pacific Ocean administered by the United States as a United Nations trust territory from 1947 to 1978. It originally included the Caroline, Marianas (excluding Guam), and Marshall islands. Most parts of the territory, including Palau, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Marshall Islands, are now self-governing
Pacific Northwest: region including the northwestern United States and southwestern Canada
Pacific Northwest: A region of the northwest United States usually including the states of Washington and Oregon. The term is also used to refer to the southwest part of British Columbia, Canada. the Pacific Northwest the area of the US which includes Washington State, Oregon, and northern California, especially along the Pacific coast. The area is famous for its wild beauty, cliffs, and forests
Pacific Ocean: {i} large ocean which separates eastern Asia from the western United States
Pacific Ocean: The largest of the world's oceans, divided into the North Pacific Ocean and the South Pacific Ocean. It extends from the western Americas to eastern Asia and Australia. the world's largest ocean, covering one third of the Earth's surface between the continents of North and South America to the east and Asia and Australia to the west. Body of salt water extending from the Antarctic region in the south to the Arctic circle in the north and lying between the continents of Asia and Australia on the west and North and South America on the east. It occupies about one-third of the surface of the earth and is by far the largest of the world's oceans. Its area, excluding adjacent seas, is approximately 63,800,000 sq mi (165,250,000 sq km), twice that of the Atlantic Ocean and more than the whole land area of the globe. Its mean depth is 14,040 ft (4,280 m). The western Pacific is noted for its many peripheral seas
Pacific Railway Act: law enacted in 1862 which created the Union Pacific Railroad Company and authorized the building of a railroad to connect the western and eastern United States (U.S. History)
Pacific Railway Acts: (1862, 1864) Measures providing federal aid for construction of a U.S. transcontinental railroad. The first act granted rights-of-way to the Union Pacific Railroad to build westward from Omaha, Neb., and to the Central Pacific Railroad to build eastward from Sacramento, Calif. The second act doubled the size of the land grants adjacent to the rights-of-way and allowed the railroads to sell bonds to raise more money. Congressional investigations later showed that some railroad owners had illegally profited from the railway acts (see Crédit Mobilier scandal)
Pacific Rim: The countries and landmasses surrounding the Pacific Ocean, often considered as a socioeconomic region. the Pacific Rim (countries) the countries around the Pacific Ocean, such as Japan, Australia, and the west coast of the US, considered as an economic group
Pacific Standard Time: Standard time in the eighth time zone west of Greenwich, England, reckoned at 120° west and used, for example, in the Pacific coastal states of the United States. Also called Pacific Time
Pacific Ten: Pac 10
Pacific War: {i} war which took place between 1937 and 1945 in the Pacific Ocean its islands and in Asia
Pacific coast: {i} coast of the Pacific Ocean
Pacific franc: {i} basic unit of currency in Tahiti in French Polynesia
Pacific oyster: An oyster (Crassostrea gigas) cultured in the United States and Europe, having a scalloped shell and a fruity flavor. Also called Portuguese oyster
Pacific yew: A yew (Taxus brevifolia) of western North America having bark that is a natural source of the drug paclitaxel
pacific bonito: probably a northern strain of Chile bonito
pacific bottlenose dolphin: a bottlenose dolphin found in the Pacific Ocean
pacific coast: a coast of the Pacific Ocean
pacific cod: closely related to Atlantic cod
pacific giant salamander: large (to 7 inches) salamander of western North America
pacific halibut: a righteye flounder found in the Pacific
pacific herring: important food fish of the northern Pacific
pacific newt: any of several rough-skinned newts found in western North America
pacific northwest: a region of the northwestern United States usually including Wshington and Oregon and sometimes southwestern British Columbia
pacific ocean: the largest ocean in the world
pacific ridley: olive-colored sea turtle of tropical Pacific and Indian and the southern Atlantic oceans
pacific rim: The countries that are situated on the Pacific Ocean
pacific rim: The Pacific Rim, referring to countries and economies bordering the Pacific ocean, is an informal, flexible term which generally has been regarded as a reference to East Asia, Canada, and the United States At a minimum, the Pacific Rim includes Canada, Japan, the People's Republic of China, Taiwan, and the United States It may also include Australia, Brunei, Cambodia, Hong Kong/Macau, Indonesia, Laos, North Korea, South Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, the Pacific Islands, the Philippines, Russia (or the Commonwealth of Independent States), Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam As an evolutionary term, usage sometimes includes Mexico, the countries of Central America, and the Pacific coast countries of South America
pacific rim: The countries and regions bordering the Pacific Ocean sharing political, economic,and environmental interests
pacific sardine: small pilchards common off the pacific coast of North America
pacific spiny dogfish: dogfish of Pacific coast of North America
pacific standard time: PST, time zone of the US states and Canadian provinces located on or near the coast of the Pacific Ocean
pacific sturgeon: food and game fish of marine and fresh waters of northwestern coast of North America
pacific time: standard time in the 8th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 120th meridian west; used in far western states of the United States
pacific tree toad: most commonly heard frog on the Pacific coast of America
pacific tripletail: tripletail found in the Pacific
pacific walrus: a walrus of the Bering Sea and northern Pacific
pacific yew: small or medium irregularly branched tree of the Pacific coast of North America; yields fine hard close-grained wood
North Pacific: The part of the Pacific Ocean in the Northern Hemisphere
South Pacific: The southern part of the Pacific Ocean, from the equator to the Antarctic Ocean
South Pacific: The islands of Oceania
pacifically: In a soothing manner
pacifically: In a calm or quiet manner
Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd: Privately owned company that operates one of Canada's two transcontinental railroad systems. The company was created in 1881 to complete a railroad from Montreal to Port Moody in British Columbia. Its passenger services were taken over by VIA Rail Canada in 1978. After its former parent company, Canadian Pacific Ltd., reorganized in 2001, CPR became a publicly owned operator of freight rail lines across Canada and in parts of the U.S
Central Pacific Railroad: U.S. railroad company founded in 1861 by a group of California merchants including Mark Hopkins and Leland Stanford. It was built with land grants and subsidies from the Pacific Railway Act (1862); thousands of Chinese labourers were hired to build it. Its tracks joined with those of the Union Pacific on May 10, 1869, in Promontory, Utah, forming North America's first transcontinental railroad. From 1884 it was leased to the Southern Pacific Co., with which it merged in 1959
Central Pacific Railroad: American railroad company that constructed the westernmost portion of the transcontinental railroad
East Pacific Rise: Submarine linear mountain range on the floor of the South Pacific Ocean, roughly paralleling the western coast of South America. The main portion of the rise lies generally about 2,000 mi (3,200 km) off the coast, and it lies about 6,000-9,000 ft (1,800-2,700 m) above the surrounding seafloor. The East Pacific Rise has a generally smooth and flattish surface, and it drops sharply away at the sides. It is composed largely of basic igneous crust, overlain or abutted by more or less flat-lying sediments
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co: U.S. corporation operating one of the largest supermarket chains in the U.S., mostly under the A&P name. The company had its start in 1859, when the Great American Tea Co. was founded in New York as a direct-mail operation to trade in tea from the cargoes of clipper ships. The first retail stores were incorporated in 1869 under the name Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. By 1925 it was the largest U.S. grocery chain, and in 1936 A&P opened its first supermarket. By 1969 it was the largest supermarket chain in the U.S., but it declined thereafter, and in 1979 a controlling portion of its stock was bought by German supermarket giant Tengelmann
North Pacific Ocean: The northern part of the Pacific Ocean, extending northward from the equator to the Arctic Ocean
Northern Pacific Railway Co: Major U.S. railroad that operated between St. Paul and Seattle. It was chartered by Congress in 1864 to build a line from Lake Superior to the Pacific coast. Financed by Jay Cooke until 1873, it was later completed with Henry Villard's backing. Financially troubled in the 1890s, it was reorganized by J. P. Morgan. He shared control of it with James J. Hill, whose Great Northern Railway Co. was a competitor and who sought to combine the two railroads with the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy through the Northern Securities Co. This arrangement was declared a violation of antitrust laws by the Supreme Court in 1904, but the three railroads remained financially linked and in 1970 were permitted to merge as the Burlington Northern, Inc. Burlington Northern acquired the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co. in 1980 and the Santa Fe Pacific Corp. in 1995
South Pacific: a very popular US musical play, written in 1949 by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein, which was later made into a film
South Pacific Ocean: The southern part of the Pacific Ocean, extending southward from the equator to Antarctica
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands: Former United Nations trusteeship, administered by the U.S. from 1947 to 1986. It consisted of more than 2,000 islands scattered over about 3,000,000 sq mi (7,770,000 sq km) of the tropical western Pacific Ocean, north of the Equator. It covered the region known as Micronesia and comprised three major island groups: the Marianas, the Carolines, and the Marshalls. The seat of government was Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands. In 1986 the U.S. declared the trust territory agreements no longer in effect. The Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall Islands became sovereign states, and the Northern Mariana Islands became a commonwealth of the U.S. The Republic of Palau became a sovereign state in 1994
Union Pacific Corp: Company that extended the U.S. railway system to the Pacific Coast. Incorporated by an act of Congress in 1862, it was built westward 1,006 mi (1,620 km) from Omaha, Neb., to meet the Central Pacific Railroad, which was being built eastward from Sacramento, Calif. The two railroads were joined at Promontory, Utah, in 1869. The Union Pacific was largely financed by federal loans and land grants, but its involvement in the Crédit Mobilier scandal left it badly in debt, and the company went into receivership in 1893. It was reorganized in 1897 by Edward H. Harriman, under whose leadership the railroad took part in the economic development of the West. In 1982 it merged with the Missouri Pacific Railroad Co. and the Western Pacific Railroad Co. Its acquisition of the Southern Pacific Rail Corp. in 1996 made it the largest railroad in the U.S., with control of almost all rail-based shipping in the western two-thirds of the country
War of the Pacific: (1879-83) Conflict involving Chile, Bolivia, and Peru over disputed territory on the mineral-rich Pacific coast. National boundaries in the region were not definitively established prior to the conflict, and in the 1870s Chile controlled nitrate fields claimed by Peru and Bolivia. When demand for nitrates rose, war broke out over the territory. Chile defeated both countries and took control of valuable mining areas in each; Bolivia lost its entire Pacific coast. A 1904 treaty gave Bolivian commerce freedom of transit through Chilean territory, but Bolivia continued to try to escape its landlocked status (see Chaco War). Peru foundered economically for decades after the war. A final accord between Peru and Chile was only reached in 1929 through U.S. mediation
north pacific: that part of the Pacific Ocean north of the equator
pacifically: quietly, peacefully
pacifically: in a peaceable manner; "the tenant paying the rent hereby reserved and performing the several covenants herein on his part contained shall peaceably hold and enjoy the demised premises"
south pacific: that part of the Pacific Ocean south of the equator

pacific

Hyphenation

pa·cif·ic

Turkish pronunciation

pısîfîk

Synonyms

amicable, at peace, calm, conciliatory, diplomatic, friendly, gentle, neutral, peaceable, peace-loving, peacemaking, placatory, placid, quiet, serene

Pronunciation

/pəˈsəfək/ /pəˈsɪfɪk/

Etymology

() From Latin pācificus "peace-making"

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