Pacificname/pəˈsɪfɪk/

• 1

  The Pacific Ocean.

  • When our last plenary session was held in November of last year the Pacific was threatened with imminent outbreak of war. Since the subsequent beginning of the Japanese campaign of aggression in that ocean, China, in the company of her allies, has become the most important member of the forces fighting on the continent of East Asia.
  • The US Air Force plans to bring the Pacific island airfield that launched the atomic bombings of Japan back into commission as it tries to broaden its basing options in the event of any hostilities with China, the service’s top officer in the Pacific says.
• 2

  A city in Franklin County, Missouri, United States.

Pacificnoun/pəˈsɪfɪk/

• 1

  rail-transportrailwaystransportA steam locomotive of the 4-6-2 wheel arrangement.

  • Britannia's firebox would appear to have derived from those of the Bulleid Pacifics, which it closely resembles.
  • These were the first class of tender locomotives with this wheel arrangement in the world, although there is some doubt as to whether the name "Pacific" was given to the type because New Zealand is in the Pacific Ocean or because some similar engines were built a few months later for the Missouri Pacific Railroad.

Pacificadj/pəˈsɪfɪk/

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  Related to or located in the Pacific Ocean.

  • The US Air Force plans to bring the Pacific island airfield that launched the atomic bombings of Japan back into commission as it tries to broaden its basing options in the event of any hostilities with China, the service’s top officer in the Pacific says.

pacificadj/pəˈsɪfɪk/

• 1

  Calm, peaceful.

  • The policeman on the beat moved up the avenue impressively. […] Trying doors as he went, twirling his club with many intricate and artful movements, turning now and then to cast his watchful eye adown the pacific thoroughfare, the officer, with his stalwart form and slight swagger, made a fine picture of a guardian of the peace.
• 2

  Preferring peace by nature; avoiding violence.

  • The long-continued hostilities which had for centuries divided the south and the north divisions of the Island of Britain, had been happily terminated by the succession of the pacific James I, to the English crown.
  • "Oh, of course I'm not really in favour of hanging," admitted Mr Carlyle. "Nobody really is. But we go on hanging. Mr Drishna is a dangerous animal who for the sake of pacific animals must cease to exist. […]"