open ocean
collocation in Englishmeaningsofopenandocean
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open
adjective
uk/ˈəʊ.pən/us/ˈoʊ.pən/
not closed ...
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ocean
noun
uk/ˈəʊ.ʃən/us/ˈoʊ.ʃən/
a very large area ...
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(Definition ofopenandoceanfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofopen ocean
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Only a narrow strip of ice was still present between the steep mountain side and theopenocean.
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Even most of the modernopenoceanremains impoverished of biologically usable nutrients, including nitrogen, despite the presence in these waters of diazotrophs.
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Given the length of the oceanic phase however transmission must occur in theopenocean.
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Discrete suspended particles of barite and the barium cycle in theopenocean.
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The marginal ice zone and the pancake ice, which is so characteristic of this wind-, wave-, and swell-dominated transition fromopenoceanto pack ice, are omitted.
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Essentially the maritime emphasis has shifted away from large-scaleopenoceannaval operations towards the littoral.
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The song of the humpback whale is evocative, intricate and capable of being heard by other humpback whales over hundreds of miles ofopenocean.
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The review heralds a change fromopenoceanwarfare to near-coast or littoral operations.
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It will provide a crucial component of bothopenoceanand littoral operations for the foreseeable future.
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We have heard that there has been a shift from concentration on blue water oropenoceanoperations to power projection.
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There is no nitrate or phosphate in theopenoceanand there is therefore little plant life there because it has to depend on the availability of other nutrients.
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Any plants or animals that arrived on the island had to make their way across miles ofopenocean.
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The other part is surrounded byopenocean.
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Much of the organic matter swept away in floods caused by forest clearing goes into estuaries, wetlands and eventually into theopenocean.
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He is very disappointed that he won't be able to go out on theopenocean.
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During this time, the storm was estimated to have taken a more north-westerly course over theopenocean.
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