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Atlantic

name
/ətˈlæn.tɪk/UK/ætˈlæn.tɪk/US

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓́τλᾱς (Ắtlās) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek Ἀτλαντικός (Atlantikós)bor. Latin ā̆tlanticusbor. Middle English Atlantyke English Atlantic From Middle English Atlantyke, from Latin Ā̆tlanticus, from Ancient Greek Ἀτλαντικός (Atlantikós, “Atlantean, of Atlas”), from Ancient Greek Ἄτλᾱς (Átlās), either from ἁ- (ha-, copulative prefix) + Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- (“bear, undergo, endure”) or of Pre-Greek origin.

  1. derived from *telh₂-✻
  2. derived from Ἀτλαντικός
  3. derived from ā̆tlanticus
  4. inherited from Atlantyke

Definitions

  1. The Atlantic Ocean.

  2. A phase of the Holocene epoch in the Blytt–Sernander system, extending from approximately…

    A phase of the Holocene epoch in the Blytt–Sernander system, extending from approximately 8,000 to 5,000 years before present.

  3. A branch of the Niger-Congo languages spoken along the Atlantic coast in West Africa.

  4. ›+ 8 more definitions

    1. A city, the county seat of Cass County, Iowa, United States.

    2. Pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean.

    3. Pertaining to locations adjacent to or in the vicinity of the Atlantic Ocean, such as the…

      Pertaining to locations adjacent to or in the vicinity of the Atlantic Ocean, such as the British Isles in Northwestern Europe, or the eastern seaboard of the United States.

    4. Pertaining to the legendary island of Atlantis.

    5. Pertaining to the Atlantic language family.

    6. Descended from the legendary Atlas.

      • The Seav'n Atlantick sisters.

    7. A steam locomotive of the 4-4-2 wheel arrangement.

      • It is equally curious that whereas the first Swindon-built Atlantic began its career as a 4-6-0, the first Great Western 4-cylinder 4-6-0 began its career as an Atlantic.
      • Where these Atlantics fell from acoustic grace, however, was in their feeble screechy little whistle, so different from the N.B.R. mellow standard pattern.
      • A chapter of locomotive history was closed on Sunday, April 13, when the last Atlantic tender locomotive to remain in service on British Railways, No. 32424, Beachy Head, ended its working life of more than 46 years.

    8. Of or pertaining to the atlas, the uppermost vertebra in the spinal columns of humans and…

      Of or pertaining to the atlas, the uppermost vertebra in the spinal columns of humans and some other animals.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at Atlantic. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at atlantic. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at atlantic

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA