Pacific

8 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pacific \Pacific\ prop. n.
     The {Pacific Ocean}, the largest ocean.
  
     Syn: Pacific Ocean.
          [WordNet 1.5]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  pacific \pa*cif"ic\, a. [L. pacificus: cf. F. pacifique. See
     {Pacify}.]
     Of or pertaining to peace; of a peaceful character; not
     warlike; not quarrelsome; as, a pacific nature or condition.
     [WordNet sense 3]
  
     Syn: peaceable.
          [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Promoting peace; suited to make or restore peace;
        conciliatory; as, pacific words or acts. [WordNet sense 1]
  
     Syn: irenic.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     3. of or pertaining to the {Pacific Ocean}; as, Pacific
        islands.
        [WordNet 1.5]
  
     {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}.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: Peacemaking; appeasing; conciliatory; tranquil; calm;
          quiet; peaceful; reconciling; mild; gentle.
          [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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"
       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 Ocean}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  91 Moby Thesaurus words for "pacific":
     appeasing, at peace, at rest, bloodless, broken, calm, chastened,
     civilian, cloistered, conciliatory, concordant, cool, domesticated,
     dovelike, dovish, dwindling, ebbing, even-tenored, gentle, halcyon,
     housebroken, humble, hushed, idyllic, impassive, irenic, isolated,
     lamblike, meek, mild, moldering, mollifying, nonaggressive,
     noncombatant, nonmilitant, nonviolent, orderly, pacificatory,
     pacifist, pacifistic, pacifying, pastoral, peace-loving, peaceable,
     peaceful, peacetime, piping, placative, placatory, placid,
     propitiative, propitiatory, quiescent, quiet, reconciliatory,
     reposeful, reposing, restful, resting, secluded, sequestered,
     sequestrated, serene, sheltered, smooth, soft, soothing, still,
     still as death, stillish, stilly, stoic, stolid, subdued,
     subsiding, tame, tamed, tranquil, unagitated, unbellicose,
     uncontentious, undisturbed, unhostile, unmilitant, unmilitary,
     unmoved, unperturbed, unruffled, unstirring, untroubled, waning
  
  

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Pacific, MO (city, FIPS 55910)
    Location: 38.47833 N, 90.75292 W
    Population (1990): 4350 (1811 housing units)
    Area: 8.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 63069
  Pacific, WA (city, FIPS 52495)
    Location: 47.26575 N, 122.24672 W
    Population (1990): 4622 (1815 housing units)
    Area: 5.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 98047

From U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000) [gaz-county]:

  Pacific -- U.S. County in Washington
     Population (2000):    20984
     Housing Units (2000): 13991
     Land area (2000):     932.971294 sq. miles (2416.384456 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    290.523943 sq. miles (752.453525 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    1223.495237 sq. miles (3168.837981 sq. km)
     Located within:       Washington (WA), FIPS 53
     Location:             46.538320 N, 123.805494 W
     Headwords:
      Pacific
      Pacific, WA
      Pacific County
      Pacific County, WA
  

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Pacific, MO -- U.S. city in Missouri
     Population (2000):    5482
     Housing Units (2000): 2343
     Land area (2000):     5.422474 sq. miles (14.044143 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.006320 sq. miles (0.016369 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    5.428794 sq. miles (14.060512 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            55910
     Located within:       Missouri (MO), FIPS 29
     Location:             38.481503 N, 90.750015 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     63069
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Pacific, MO
      Pacific
  

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Pacific, WA -- U.S. city in Washington
     Population (2000):    5527
     Housing Units (2000): 2090
     Land area (2000):     2.560997 sq. miles (6.632952 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.001244 sq. miles (0.003222 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    2.562241 sq. miles (6.636174 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            52495
     Located within:       Washington (WA), FIPS 53
     Location:             47.263272 N, 122.247831 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     98047
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Pacific, WA
      Pacific