midocean
midocean noun: the area in the middle of an ocean, far from shore.
Noun
midocean (uncountable)
- The area in the middle of an ocean, far from shore
- So may whatever tempest mars
Mid-ocean, spare thee, sacred bark;
And balmy drops in summer dark
Slide from the bosom of the stars.1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XVII”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 28 - A wave simulator in the tank can re-enact tsunamis and northeasters, and imitate wave conditions from midocean.2007 February 20, Tina Kelley, “A Wet Wind Tunnel So Ships Can Move Faster and Better”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 18 Dec 2022
- So may whatever tempest mars
Forms of midocean
| alternative form | mid-ocean |
|---|
Origin of midocean
From mid- + ocean.
Questions about midocean
- What does midocean mean?
- Midocean means the area in the middle of an ocean, far from shore.
- What part of speech is midocean?
- Midocean is a noun.
Words near midocean in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: midocean (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Cite this entry: “midocean.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/midocean. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.