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Definition of Indian ocean

1. Noun. The 3rd largest ocean; bounded by Africa on the west, Asia on the north, Australia on the east and merging with the Antarctic Ocean to the south.

Definition of Indian ocean

1. Proper noun. The ocean separating Africa, southern Asia, Australia and Antarctica. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Indian ocean

1. A body of water covering approximately one-fifth of the total ocean area of the earth, extending amidst africa in the west, Australia in the east, asia in the north, and antarctica in the south. Including the red sea and the persian gulf, it constitutes the third largest ocean after the atlantic ocean and the pacific ocean. (new encyclopaedia britannica micropaedia, 15th ed, 1990, p289) (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Indian Ocean

Literary usage of Indian ocean

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Around the world in eighty days by Jules Verne (1874)
"IN WHICH THE RED SEA AND THE indian ocean PROVE PROPITIOUS TO THE DESIGNS OF PHILEAS FOGG. THE distance between Suez and Aden is precisely thirteen hundred ..."

2. Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, Commercial, Industrial by Edward Balfour (1873)
"In the indian ocean, "i-tide follows the moon to the west with a some- »iiat northerly course. Dr. Buist, on the authority of Mr. ..."

3. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1906)
"indian ocean. Meteorological Chart of the indian ocean north of 15° September, 1906. London: Meteorological Office, 1906. the Meteorological Office. ..."

4. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1899)
"47° 33' E.), and the Seychelle Islands in the indian ocean, ... I. FROM THE INDIAN OCEAN. A number of papers treating of the Odonata of some of these ..."

5. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1912)
"NEW MAGNETIC CHARTS OF THE indian ocean. BY LA BAUER. ... whereas in the vicinity of the islands of St. Paul and New Amsterdam in the indian ocean (lat. ..."

6. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1888)
"... Rules for handling Ships in the Southern indian ocean. ... during hurricanes in the South indian ocean, by means both of published observations and from ..."

7. Manual of Geology: Treating of the Principles of the Science with Special by James Dwight Dana (1894)
"The emerged land, on this evidence, has been supposed by some writers to have covered much of the indian ocean. But it is most probable that whatever ..."

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