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oceanic
adjective
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■ NOUN
crust
▪ Continental lithosphere stands higher than oceanic lithosphere because continental crust is both of greater thickness and lower density than oceanic crust.
▪ This would be expected from differences in the density and thickness of continental and oceanic crust.
▪ The composition of displaced terranes ranges from that of typical oceanic crust to significantly less dense granitic rock with clear continental affinities.
▪ It appeared that these offsets marked some kind of lateral movement between adjacent sections of oceanic crust.
▪ Its purpose is to gather sufficient information to answer questions about magma chambers in oceanic crust.
▪ From these observations, Hofmann and I proposed that plumes consist in part of deeply subducted oceanic crust and sediment.
▪ Hess mistakenly thought that the oceanic crust consisted of altered peridotite, the material of the mantle itself.
▪ Alternatively, subducted oceanic crust may be able to pull adjacent continental crust down into the asthenosphere.
island
▪ Comparison of their chemistry with that of magmas erupted on oceanic islands demonstrates the plumes differ chemically from the upper mantle.
▪ Darwin himself had explained the strange inhabitants of isolated oceanic islands such as the Galapagos in terms of accidental migrations from the nearest mainland.
▪ This period was sufficiently long for the widespread planation of oceanic islands, many of them volcanic.
lithosphere
▪ Continental lithosphere stands higher than oceanic lithosphere because continental crust is both of greater thickness and lower density than oceanic crust.
▪ The heavy oceanic lithosphere descends into the mantle, beneath the lighter continental lithosphere.
▪ The sequence of continental-margin orogen development begins with the subduction of oceanic lithosphere at, or close to, a continental margin.
▪ Perhaps more significant is the thickening of oceanic lithosphere as it moves away from mid-oceanic ridges.
▪ Such mountain belts develop when the oceanic lithosphere originally lying between two continents is eventually consumed.
▪ Cool, thick, old oceanic lithosphere is gravitationally unstable as it is generally denser than the asthenosphere over which it lies.
▪ Where oceanic lithosphere is subducted beneath another oceanic part of a plate the associated volcanic activity and produce an intra-oceanic island arc.
▪ Subduction of oceanic lithosphere beneath a plate carrying continental crust gives rise to a continental-margin orogen.
plate
▪ Some of the sea-floor sediments, muds, and oozes sitting on top of the oceanic plate also get melted.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Comparison of their chemistry with that of magmas erupted on oceanic islands demonstrates the plumes differ chemically from the upper mantle.
▪ Cool, thick, old oceanic lithosphere is gravitationally unstable as it is generally denser than the asthenosphere over which it lies.
▪ Power surfers are towed behind a jet-ski into massive oceanic swells that move too fast to catch by paddling conventional surfboards.
▪ Some of the sea-floor sediments, muds, and oozes sitting on top of the oceanic plate also get melted.
▪ The second category is closely related to oceanic trenches and their associated island arcs or mountain belts.
▪ This would be expected from differences in the density and thickness of continental and oceanic crust.
▪ Thus the volcanic rocks formed are drastically different from their oceanic counterparts.
▪ Tsunamis are caused by violent oceanic events such as earthquakes, undersea landslides, volcanic explosions, and impacts.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Oceanic

Oceanic \O`ce*an"ic\ ([=o]`sh[-e]*[a^]n"[i^]k), a. [Cf. F. oc['e]anique. See Ocean.]

  1. Of or pertaining to the ocean; found or formed in or about, or produced by, the ocean; frequenting the ocean, especially mid-ocean.

    Petrels are the most a["e]rial and oceanic of birds.
    --Darwin.

  2. Of or pertaining to Oceania or its inhabitants.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
oceanic

1650s, probably from French océanique, from océan (see ocean).

Wiktionary
oceanic

a. 1 Of or relating to the ocean. 2 Living in, produced by, or frequenting the ocean; pelagic. 3 Resembling an ocean in vastness or extent.

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oceanic

  1. adj. relating to or occurring or living in or frequenting the open ocean; "oceanic islands like Bermuda"; "oceanic currents"; "oceanic birds"; "pelagic organisms"; "pelagic whaling" [syn: pelagic]

  2. resembling the ocean in apparent limitlessness in extent or degree; "the oceanic violence of his rage"

  3. constituting or living in the open sea; "oceanic waters"; "oceanic life"

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Wikipedia
Oceanic

Oceanic may mean:

  • Of or relating to the ocean
  • Of or relating to Oceania
    • Oceanic climate
    • Oceanic languages
    • Oceanic person or people, also called " Pacific Islander(s)"
Oceanic (novella)

"Oceanic" is a science fiction novella published in 1998 by Greg Egan. It won the 1999 Hugo Award for Best Novella.

Oceanic (Isis album)

Oceanic is the second full-length album by American post-metal band ISIS, released on September 17, 2002 by Ipecac Recordings. On November 4, 2014, a remastered edition was released via Hydrahead/Ipecac Recordings.

On July 23, 2006, Isis performed Oceanic in its entirety at KOKO, Camden Town, London as part of the All Tomorrow's Parties curated Don't Look Back series. This performance was recorded and eventually released in 2009 as Live V. The track "Weight" was used in an episode of the 2007 television series '' Friday Night Lights.

Oceanic (Vangelis album)

Oceanic is a 1996 album by Greek electronic composer and artist Vangelis. It was released in Europe on October 25, 1996, and in the U.S. on January 1997. A single featuring track "Song of the Seas" was released simultaneously.

Vangelis was personally involved in the sleeve design, as he used to be in the late seventies and early eighties. At the end of the inside liner notes for the CD, there are references to the films Million Dollar Mermaid and Footlight Parade. Presumably these were sources of inspiration for Vangelis. The album proved 'too light' for many old fans who prefer Vangelis' roots with progressive music, but was welcomed by many of the New Age generation of his fans.

Oceanic's music was used in the 1998 documentary "Deep Sea, Deep Secrets" co-produced by The Learning Channel and Discovery Channel, together with music from Vangelis' previous album, Voices. At the Billboard New Age Albums chart peaked at #5 position. The album was nominated in 1997 for the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences' Best New Age Album," but the Grammy award went to Enya.

On the back cover, an address of a website www.vangelisworld.com is given. It was probably meant to be an official website of Vangelis, however, for unknown reasons the website has been under construction all the time since then. The only change occurred somewhere in October 2015 and now it says Service unavailable.

Oceanic (band)

Oceanic were a four-member 1990s house/ techno group from Wirral, England, most famous for the dance hit song, "Insanity", which was released in 1991. This was the group's biggest commercial success, reaching number 3 in the UK Singles Chart for three weeks. The track also made the Australian Top 40.

Later that year they released the follow-up, "Wicked Love", which reached number 25 in the UK singles chart. In 1992 the act released their first and only album, entitled That Compact Disc By Oceanic, (also, That Cassette/LP By Oceanic for the audio cassette/ LP versions respectively) which featured two different versions of "Insanity", and reached a chart position of number 49 before dropping out of the UK Albums Chart after only 2 weeks. A third single, "Controlling Me", made number 14 in the UK chart. Their final song to appear on the charts was "Ignorance" (with Siobhan Maher), which was on the UK chart at number 72 for one week in November 1992.

The group performed on several TV shows between 1991–1993, including four appearances on Top of the Pops, plus The Hitman and Her and an episode of Frank Sidebottom's Fantastic Shed Show.

In 2006, the track "Insanity" featured on The Hitman and Her compilation CD.

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Usage examples of "oceanic".

I chested my way through and stood panting and blinking in a glass-walled theatre of spacious light, the air so dustless and oceanic that it showed you only the dirt in your human eyes.

His father had given him, as promised, total control over operations of the new Forte Oceanic Resources.

The success of Forte Oceanic Resources, Forte argued, depended on developing radical technologies, and the most revolutionary were being discovered and perfected in university laboratories.

Reclamation of these mineral riches, together with mechanized recovery of the abundant phosphorite and manganese nodules from the seabed, put Forte Oceanic Resources in the forefront of American producers of rare metals.

As national stockpiles of metals dwindled in the mid-1990s, the price of minerals extracted from the sea by Forte Oceanic Resources skyrocketed.

And during the night there came up a strong wind blowing off shore that swept the Mayflower from its moorings clear out to sea, and there was a prospect that our Forefathers, having escaped oppression in foreign lands, would yet go down under an oceanic tempest.

Ahead lay the financial resources to build a corporate empire that would challenge, defeat, and devour Raynes Oceanic Resources.

Adamus was Raynes Oceanic Resources vice president for governmental relations.

As chairman of Raynes Oceanic Resources, she had obviously come ready to do battle for the prime contract for the iceberg recovery project.

The organizational framework already exists: Raynes Oceanic Resources.

For I will put the entire weight of Raynes Oceanic Resources behind you.

There was another danger: Could Forte cry foul when the award went to Raynes Oceanic Resources?

Well, as she had pointed out, Raynes Oceanic Resources was the leading established ocean engineering firm in the world.

What she really wanted was to run the United States of America, using him as her puppet on a string, just as she had run Raynes Oceanic Resources through her husband, Ned.

When Raynes Oceanic Resources was awarded the prime contract, Castle had agreed that ROR would put up 10 percent of the capital.