Origin of oceanic
Examples from the Web for oceanic
John Luther Adams lives up to the title of his composition, capturing an oceanic torrent of sound in an awe-inspiring performance.
Rarely so personal, death was more often oceanic and everywhere.Blood and Mud: A French Soldier’s WWI Memoir Vividly Describes Trench Warfare|Marc Wortman|May 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He falls deep into oceanic silence, interrupted only by the sound of Adele (singing a mediocre Bond anthem), and you know what?Is ‘Skyfall’ the Best (and Gayest) James Bond Movie Yet?|Ramin Setoodeh, Marlow Stern|November 9, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Some were funny, some sad, and all managed to convey the sense of isolation and fear felt by the survivors of Oceanic Flight 815.
I can almost hear an oceanic sigh of relief from members of the Sandwich Generation.
An oceanic fish, well-known as the bonito or horse-mackerel.The Sailor's Word-Book|William Henry Smyth
The Snow Goose is never seen here; none, indeed, but oceanic species are seen here.Audubon and his Journals, Volume I (of 2)|Maria R. Audubon
Though terrestrial mammals do not occur on oceanic islands, arial mammals do occur on almost every island.On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection|Charles Darwin
What oceanic currents, eddies, underneath—the great tides of humanity also, with ever-shifting movements.A History of American Literature Since 1870|Fred Lewis Pattee
This is the necessary result of substantial permanency of oceanic basins.
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Word Origin and History for oceanic
1650s, probably from French océanique, from océan (see ocean).