Titanic


adjective, Chemistry.
1.
of or containing titanium, especially in the tetravalent state.
adjective
1.
(initial capital letter) of, relating to, or characteristic of the Titans.
2.
Also, titan. of enormous size, strength, power, etc.; gigantic.
noun
1.
a British luxury liner that sank after colliding with an iceberg in the North Atlantic on its maiden voyage in April, 1912, with a loss of 1517 lives.
adjective
1.
of or containing titanium, esp in the tetravalent state
adjective
1.
possessing or requiring colossal strength: a titanic battle
noun
1.
the Titanic, a luxury British liner that struck an iceberg near Newfoundland on its maiden voyage on the night of April 14–15, 1912, with the loss of 1513 lives

Titanic definition

A British luxury ocean liner, thought to be unsinkable, which nevertheless sank on its first voyage in 1912 after running into an iceberg in the north Atlantic Ocean. More than fifteen hundred people drowned.

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