Oceanic
adjective
Related to the ocean.
Whales are oceanic creatures.
Often appears as...
- oceanic climate
- oceanic species
adjective
Very big or extensive.
He has an oceanic knowledge about history.
Often appears as...
- oceanic knowledge
- oceanic perspective
Usage tips
Approving
adjective
Relating to Oceanic Region which includes Australia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia.
The art displayed in this gallery is of oceanic origin.
Often appears as...
- oceanic art
- oceanic languages
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Academic
adjective
Related to the ocean.
Whales are oceanic creatures.
Often appears as...
- oceanic climate
- oceanic species
adjective
Very big or extensive.
He has an oceanic knowledge about history.
Often appears as...
- oceanic knowledge
- oceanic perspective
Usage tips
Approving
adjective
Relating to Oceanic Region which includes Australia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia.
The art displayed in this gallery is of oceanic origin.
Often appears as...
- oceanic art
- oceanic languages
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Environment Context
Used when discussing natural ocean environments or ecosystems.
The oceanic habitat is home to a diverse range of species.
Pro Tip 2/3Geographical Extent
Emphasizes geographical zones influenced by the ocean.
Oceanic islands are formed by volcanic activity.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Freshwater
Clarifies that 'oceanic' is exclusively related to saltwater bodies.
Oceanic fish differ from freshwater species.
Pro Tip 1/3Environment Context
Used when discussing natural ocean environments or ecosystems.
The oceanic habitat is home to a diverse range of species.
Pro Tip 2/3Geographical Extent
Emphasizes geographical zones influenced by the ocean.
Oceanic islands are formed by volcanic activity.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Freshwater
Clarifies that 'oceanic' is exclusively related to saltwater bodies.
Oceanic fish differ from freshwater species.
Pro Tip 1/3Environment Context
Used when discussing natural ocean environments or ecosystems.
The oceanic habitat is home to a diverse range of species.
Pro Tip 2/3Geographical Extent
Emphasizes geographical zones influenced by the ocean.
Oceanic islands are formed by volcanic activity.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Freshwater
Clarifies that 'oceanic' is exclusively related to saltwater bodies.
Oceanic fish differ from freshwater species.
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Video examples
Tim Flannery: Here on...
and are required to create the early continents and the figures just don't add up there is an energy deficit so where was the energy coming from to create the erosion of oceanic rocks that led to the continents being formed it can only have come from one source it's been argued and that is life itself
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Brian Skerry reveals...
This is the oceanic whitetip shark, an animal that is considered the fourth most dangerous species, if you pay attention to such lists. But it's an animal that's about 98 percent in decline throughout most of its range. Because this is a pelagic animal and it lives out in the deeper water,
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The history of our world...
right distance from its star to contain huge oceans of liquid water and deep beneath those oceans that cracks in the earth crust you got heat seeping up from inside the earth and you've got a great diversity of elements so at those deep oceanic vents fantastic chemistry began
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Protecting the ocean for...
more filling our waters it is a truly incredible and beautiful place but it is also facing an oceanic crisis my community the municipality of valuing has long seen the problem people in my town are mostly farmers and fishers these fissures and their families depend
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The mysterious microbes...
As this oceanic plate subducts or gets moved underneath this continental plate, things like water and carbon dioxide and other materials get squeezed out of it, like ringing a wet washcloth. So in this way, subduction zones are like portals into the deep earth,
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Mark Pagel: How language...
And this is also true of some remote oceanic islands. And so it seems that we use our language, not just to cooperate, but to draw rings around our cooperative groups and to establish identities, and perhaps to protect our knowledge and wisdom and skills
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The history of our world...
So at those deep oceanic vents, fantastic chemistry began to happen, and atoms combined in all sorts of exotic combinations. But of course, life is more than just exotic chemistry. How do you stabilize those huge molecules that seem to be viable?
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Fabien Cousteau: What I...
outside to wander, to explore, to understand more about this oceanic final frontier. We had megafauna come and visit us. This spotted eagle ray is a fairly common sight in the oceans. But why this is so important, why this picture is up,
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Great White Shark...
area to dive and research. The kelp forests are home to all manner of oceanic life. But there is one species that lives here of particular significance when it comes to sharks, cape fur seals.
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Oceanic Whitetip Shark...
let's go find a bottle rum huh the oceanic whitetips had allowed the planet Earth team a rare insight into
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Tim Flannery: Here on...
and are required to create the early continents and the figures just don't add up there is an energy deficit so where was the energy coming from to create the erosion of oceanic rocks that led to the continents being formed it can only have come from one source it's been argued and that is life itself
Video examples
Brian Skerry reveals...
This is the oceanic whitetip shark, an animal that is considered the fourth most dangerous species, if you pay attention to such lists. But it's an animal that's about 98 percent in decline throughout most of its range. Because this is a pelagic animal and it lives out in the deeper water,
Video examples
The history of our world...
right distance from its star to contain huge oceans of liquid water and deep beneath those oceans that cracks in the earth crust you got heat seeping up from inside the earth and you've got a great diversity of elements so at those deep oceanic vents fantastic chemistry began
Video examples
Protecting the ocean for...
more filling our waters it is a truly incredible and beautiful place but it is also facing an oceanic crisis my community the municipality of valuing has long seen the problem people in my town are mostly farmers and fishers these fissures and their families depend
Video examples
The mysterious microbes...
As this oceanic plate subducts or gets moved underneath this continental plate, things like water and carbon dioxide and other materials get squeezed out of it, like ringing a wet washcloth. So in this way, subduction zones are like portals into the deep earth,
Video examples
Mark Pagel: How language...
And this is also true of some remote oceanic islands. And so it seems that we use our language, not just to cooperate, but to draw rings around our cooperative groups and to establish identities, and perhaps to protect our knowledge and wisdom and skills
Video examples
The history of our world...
So at those deep oceanic vents, fantastic chemistry began to happen, and atoms combined in all sorts of exotic combinations. But of course, life is more than just exotic chemistry. How do you stabilize those huge molecules that seem to be viable?
Video examples
Fabien Cousteau: What I...
outside to wander, to explore, to understand more about this oceanic final frontier. We had megafauna come and visit us. This spotted eagle ray is a fairly common sight in the oceans. But why this is so important, why this picture is up,
Video examples
Great White Shark...
area to dive and research. The kelp forests are home to all manner of oceanic life. But there is one species that lives here of particular significance when it comes to sharks, cape fur seals.
Video examples
Oceanic Whitetip Shark...
let's go find a bottle rum huh the oceanic whitetips had allowed the planet Earth team a rare insight into
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Quote examples
Lawrence Osborne
British Novelist
The Gobi is in many ways like the old American West, filled with abandoned hamlets and buildings, traces of disappeared peoples. Across its oceanic blond grass, horses and the black silhouettes of camels move languidly, as if they are the only inhabitants. Ancient Turkic nomads left enigmatic petroglyphs carved into boulders 2,000 years ago.
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C. V. Raman
Indian Physicist
To an observer situated on the moon or on one of the planets, the most noticeable feature on the surface of our globe would no doubt be the large areas covered by oceanic water. The sunlit face of the earth would appear to shine by the light diffused back into space from the land and water-covered areas.
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Jeremy Wade
There's less mystery in the sea than there is in fresh water. If you look at television there's lots of documentaries on whales, on coral reefs, the deep oceanic trenches. There's loads of stuff. But as soon as you look for anything about fresh water, the information is very sketchy.
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Peter Benchley
American Author
We are already perilously close to killing off the top of the oceanic food chain - with catastrophic consequences that we can't begin to imagine. Let us not, in the heat of anger, reduce the already devastated population of great white sharks by one more member.
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Brian Skerry
American Photographer
The Bahamas has mangrove nurseries, coral reefs, shallow sea grass beds, and deep oceanic trenches - all perfect ecosystems for sharks. Photographing multiple shark species in exquisite water was the assignment I had dreamed about from the start.
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Janet Mock
American Writer
I was six years old when 'The Little Mermaid' was released in 1989 and was immediately struck by the fiery-maned, melodic-voiced, tail-swinging mermaid protagonist. She spoke to me on levels deeper than her father's oceanic kingdom.
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Alan Stern
American Scientist
Even in our deep ocean, there are ecosystems at work with no light whatsoever down in the deepest portions of the oceanic abyss.
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David Grinspoon
American Scientist
A lot of the science fiction that I grew up reading was written when we still thought that Venus might be an oceanic planet.
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Paul Watson
Canadian Environmentalist
A fish is more valuable swimming in the sea maintaining the integrity of oceanic eco-systems than it is on anyone's plate.
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Paul Theroux
American Novelist
The Trans-Siberian Express is like a cruise across an oceanic landscape. I've done it three times.
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Lawrence Osborne
British Novelist
The Gobi is in many ways like the old American West, filled with abandoned hamlets and buildings, traces of disappeared peoples. Across its oceanic blond grass, horses and the black silhouettes of camels move languidly, as if they are the only inhabitants. Ancient Turkic nomads left enigmatic petroglyphs carved into boulders 2,000 years ago.
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C. V. Raman
Indian Physicist
To an observer situated on the moon or on one of the planets, the most noticeable feature on the surface of our globe would no doubt be the large areas covered by oceanic water. The sunlit face of the earth would appear to shine by the light diffused back into space from the land and water-covered areas.
Quote examples
Jeremy Wade
There's less mystery in the sea than there is in fresh water. If you look at television there's lots of documentaries on whales, on coral reefs, the deep oceanic trenches. There's loads of stuff. But as soon as you look for anything about fresh water, the information is very sketchy.
Quote examples
Peter Benchley
American Author
We are already perilously close to killing off the top of the oceanic food chain - with catastrophic consequences that we can't begin to imagine. Let us not, in the heat of anger, reduce the already devastated population of great white sharks by one more member.
Quote examples
Brian Skerry
American Photographer
The Bahamas has mangrove nurseries, coral reefs, shallow sea grass beds, and deep oceanic trenches - all perfect ecosystems for sharks. Photographing multiple shark species in exquisite water was the assignment I had dreamed about from the start.
Quote examples
Janet Mock
American Writer
I was six years old when 'The Little Mermaid' was released in 1989 and was immediately struck by the fiery-maned, melodic-voiced, tail-swinging mermaid protagonist. She spoke to me on levels deeper than her father's oceanic kingdom.
Quote examples
Alan Stern
American Scientist
Even in our deep ocean, there are ecosystems at work with no light whatsoever down in the deepest portions of the oceanic abyss.
Quote examples
David Grinspoon
American Scientist
A lot of the science fiction that I grew up reading was written when we still thought that Venus might be an oceanic planet.
Quote examples
Paul Watson
Canadian Environmentalist
A fish is more valuable swimming in the sea maintaining the integrity of oceanic eco-systems than it is on anyone's plate.
Quote examples
Paul Theroux
American Novelist
The Trans-Siberian Express is like a cruise across an oceanic landscape. I've done it three times.
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