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From mid- +‎ ocean.

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midocean (uncountable)

  1. The area in the middle of an ocean, far from shore
    • 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, [], →OCLC, Canto XVII, 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[1]:
      A wave simulator in the tank can re-enact tsunamis and northeasters, and imitate wave conditions from midocean.

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