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pacific

adj
/pəˈsɪfɪk/

Etymology

From Latin pācificus (“peace-making”), so called by Magellan because he sailed peacefully over it after weathering Cape Horn.

  1. derived from pacifique

Definitions

  1. Calm, peaceful.

  2. Preferring peace by nature

    Preferring peace by nature; avoiding violence.

    • The long-continued hostilities which had for centuries divided the south and the north divisions of the Island of Britain, had been happily terminated by the succession of the pacific James I, to the English crown.
    • "Oh, of course I'm not really in favour of hanging," admitted Mr Carlyle. "Nobody really is. But we go on hanging. Mr Drishna is a dangerous animal who for the sake of pacific animals must cease to exist. […]"

  3. The Pacific Ocean.

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. A city in Franklin County, Missouri, United States.

    2. A steam locomotive of the 4-6-2 wheel arrangement.

      • Britannia's firebox would appear to have derived from those of the Bulleid Pacifics, which it closely resembles.

    3. Related to or located in the Pacific Ocean.

The neighborhood

Derived

nonpacific, pacifically, pacificism, pacificist, pacificity, Pacific Ocean, unpacific

Vish — recursive loop

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

5 hops · closes at pacific

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