Atlantic

 
Pronunciation: /atˈlantɪk/

adjective

  • 1of or adjoining the Atlantic Ocean: the Atlantic coast of Europe
  • 2 Geology relating to or denoting the third climatic stage of the postglacial period in northern Europe, between the Boreal and Sub-Boreal stages (about 7,500 to 5,000 years ago), marked by a moist oceanic climate.

noun

(the Atlantic)
  • 2 Geology the Atlantic climatic stage.

Origin:

late Middle English: via Latin from Greek Atlantikos, from Atlas, Atlant- (see atlas). The term originally referred to Mount Atlas in Libya, hence to the sea near the west African coast, later extended to the whole ocean