TITANIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does titanic mean? 

• TITANIC (adjective)
  The adjective TITANIC has 1 sense:

1. of great force or power

  Familiarity information: TITANIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TITANIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of great force or power

Similar:

big; large (above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent)

Derivation:

titan (a person of exceptional importance and reputation)

 Context examples 

This titanic mass is similar to that of the largest structures observed in the Universe today, but finding such a massive object in the early Universe surprised astronomers.

(Largest Galaxy Proto-Supercluster Found, ESO)

Astronomers have spotted three giant black holes within a titanic collision of three galaxies.

(Three Black Holes on Collision Course, NASA)

Titanic: The New Evidence focuses upon research by Irish journalist Senan Molony, who spent 30 years investigating the accident.

(UK documentary claims fire weakened RMS Titanic, Wikinews)

Four times as long as the Grand Canyon, and twice as deep in places, these faults and canyons indicate a titanic geological upheaval in Charon’s past.

(Pluto’s Big Moon Charon Reveals a Colorful and Violent History, NASA)