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NORTH PACIFIC
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I. (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 Central America, bordering the Caribbean Sea and the North Pacific Ocean, east of Mexico and west of Belize and Honduras.
(Guatemala, NCI Thesaurus)
A country in Central America, bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between Guatemala and Honduras.
(El Salvador, NCI Thesaurus)
A country in Central America, bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the North Pacific Ocean, between Costa Rica and Honduras.
(Nicaragua, NCI Thesaurus)
A country in Central America, bordering the Caribbean Sea, between Honduras and Belize and bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between El Salvador and Mexico.
(Guatemala, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
A country in Central America, bordering the Caribbean Sea, between Guatemala and Nicaragua and bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between El Salvador and Nicaragua.
(Honduras, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
The regions are also thought to be remarkably stable, yet scientists have documented an anomaly in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre ecosystem that has puzzled oceanographers.
(North Pacific Ocean fertilized by iron in Asian dust, National Science Foundation)
The surface layer of the North Pacific gyre has very clear waters with hardly any nutrients.
(North Pacific Ocean fertilized by iron in Asian dust, National Science Foundation)
The research focused on the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre and used data from Station ALOHA's Hawaii Ocean Time-series (HOTS) program.
(North Pacific Ocean fertilized by iron in Asian dust, National Science Foundation)
A combination of factors is at play: desertification of the Asian continent, which allows more dust to be carried on the wind; combustion, especially from wildfires; factory outputs; and wind patterns across the North Pacific Ocean.
(North Pacific Ocean fertilized by iron in Asian dust, National Science Foundation)
