mid-ocean

A form of midocean — The area in the middle of an ocean, far from shore

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounmid-ocean (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of midocean.

    Whence we come we know not; and whither we are going, who can tell? We float out our life in the mid-ocean, with the warm sunshine above our heads, and the warm gulf-stream below; and that is enough for us.

    1863, Charles Kingsley, The Water Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby
Cite this entry
APA

mid-ocean. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mid-ocean

MLA

“mid-ocean.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mid-ocean. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mid-ocean,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mid-ocean.

Source: mid-ocean on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.