atlantic

name

1. The Atlantic Ocean.
2. A phase of the Holocene epoch in the Blytt–Sernander system, extending from approximately 8,000 to 5,000 years before present.
3. A branch of the Niger-Congo languages spoken along the Atlantic coast in West Africa.
4. A city, the county seat of Cass County, Iowa, United States.

adj

1. (not-comparable)Pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean.
2. (not-comparable)Pertaining to locations adjacent to or in the vicinity of the Atlantic Ocean, such as the British Isles in Northwestern Europe, or the eastern seaboard of the United States.
3. (not-comparable)Pertaining to the legendary island of Atlantis.
4. (not-comparable)Pertaining to the Atlantic language family.
5. (not-comparable)Descended from the legendary Atlas.

   “The Seav'n Atlantick sisters.”

6. (not-comparable, rare)Of or pertaining to the atlas, the uppermost vertebra in the spinal columns of humans and some other animals.

noun

1. A steam locomotive of the 4-4-2 wheel arrangement.

   “It is equally curious that whereas the first Swindon-built Atlantic began its career as a 4-6-0, the first Great Western 4-cylinder 4-6-0 began its career as an Atlantic.”

   “Where these Atlantics fell from acoustic grace, however, was in their feeble screechy little whistle, so different from the N.B.R. mellow standard pattern.”

   “A chapter of locomotive history was closed on Sunday, April 13, when the last Atlantic tender locomotive to remain in service on British Railways, No. 32424, Beachy Head, ended its working life of more than 46 years.”