Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Pacific"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pacific \Pa*cif"ic\, a. [L. pacificus: cf. F. pacifique. See
{Pacify}.]
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.
{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}.
Syn: Peacemaking; appeasing; conciliatory; tranquil; calm;
quiet; peaceful; reconciling; mild; gentle.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
pacific
adj 1: promoting peace; "the result of this pacific policy was that
no troops were called up"
2: relating to or bordering the Pacific Ocean; "Pacific
islands" [syn: {Pacific}]
3: 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" [syn: {peaceable}]
n : the largest ocean in the world [syn: {Pacific}, {Pacific
Ocean}]
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