midocean

English

Alternative forms

• mid-ocean

Etymology

From mid- +‎ ocean.

Noun

midocean (uncountable)

1. The area in the middle of an ocean, far from shore
   • 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XVII”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 28:

     So may whatever tempest mars
     ⁠Mid-ocean, spare thee, sacred bark;
     ⁠And balmy drops in summer dark
     Slide from the bosom of the stars.

   • 2007 February 20, Tina Kelley, “A Wet Wind Tunnel So Ships Can Move Faster and Better”, in New York Times‎:

     A wave simulator in the tank can re-enact tsunamis and northeasters, and imitate wave conditions from midocean.

Anagrams

• comedian, daemonic, demoniac, dæmonic