NORTH PACIFIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does North Pacific mean? 

• NORTH PACIFIC (noun)
  The noun NORTH PACIFIC has 1 sense:

1. that part of the Pacific Ocean to the north of the equator

  Familiarity information: NORTH PACIFIC used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NORTH PACIFIC (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

That part of the Pacific Ocean to the north of the equator

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Instance hypernyms:

part; piece (a portion of a natural object)

Holonyms ("North Pacific" is a part of...):

Pacific; Pacific Ocean (the largest ocean in the world)

 Context examples 

A country in the Pacific, comprising a group of islands in the North Pacific Ocean, southeast of the Philippines and northwest of Papua New Guinea.

(Palau, NCI Thesaurus)

On the spur of the moment it reminded him of a gale he had once experienced in the North Pacific.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

An island group in the North Pacific Ocean, about three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to Indonesia.

(Micronesia, Federated States of, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

The researchers noticed that the levels of phosphorous and iron, nutrients important for life, changed significantly in North Pacific gyre surface waters during the three decades of the study.

(North Pacific Ocean fertilized by iron in Asian dust, National Science Foundation)

I have read with ardour the accounts of the various voyages which have been made in the prospect of arriving at the North Pacific Ocean through the seas which surround the pole.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

“In this stalagmite, we interpret an increase in winter rainfall that coincided with an observed change in sea surface temperature patterns in the North Pacific Ocean,” says Ronay.

(Cave stalagmites reveal India’s rainfall secrets, SciDev.Net)

A country in Northern South America, bordering the Caribbean Sea, between Panama and Venezuela, and bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between Ecuador and Panama.

(Colombia, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A country in southern North America, bordering the North Pacific Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico, south of the US.

(Mexico, NCI Thesaurus)

A country in Central America, bordering the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico, between Belize and the US and bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between Guatemala and the US.

(Mexico, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

An island group in the North Pacific Ocean, about three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to Indonesia, west of the Marshall Islands and north of the Solomon Islands.

(Micronesia, Federated States of, NCI Thesaurus)