■ adjective
1》 of or adjoining the ~ Ocean.
2》 Geology relating to or denoting the third climatic stage of the postglacial period in northern Europe (about 7,500 to 5,000 years ago), with a moist oceanic climate.
Origin
ME: via L. from Gk Atlantikos , from Atlas , Atlant- (see atlas ). The term orig. referred to Mount Atlas in Libya.