Ur-ocean
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Ur-ocean is a noun meaning A primordial ocean.
Meaning
A primordial ocean.
More Meanings
- Panthalassa.
Example Sentences
This ur-ocean, however, to him is not one more god among others, as is Hesiod's and Homer's “deeply vortexed Okeanos”; for Thales this ocean is the one and only source from which the world springs, by condensation and evaporation.
Word Forms
- ur-oceans
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include paleo-ocean, ur-continent, exo-ocean, aquaplanet, paleosea, apeiron.
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