sub-Atlantic

adjective

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1
: located beneath the Atlantic Ocean
a sub-Atlantic cable
2
: of, relating to, or being a postglacial climatic period believed to have begun in northwestern Europe about 850–500 b.c. and to be continuing in existence at the present time

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary sub- + Atlantic ocean

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“Sub-Atlantic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sub-Atlantic. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.

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