 5 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
titanic
adjective: of great force or power
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
titanic \ti*tan"ic\ (t[-i]*t[a^]n"[i^]k), adjective
Of or relating to Titans, or fabled giants of ancient
mythology; hence, enormous in size or strength; as, Titanic
structures.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Titanic \Ti*tan"ic\, prop. n.
The name of a large ocean liner which hit an iceberg and sank
on its maiden voyage from England to New York in 1912, with
the loss of hundreds of lives. Also, the name of several
movies made about the incident.
[PJC]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
titanic \ti*tan"ic\ (t[-i]*t[a^]n"[i^]k), adjective [Cf. F. titanique.]
(Chem.)
Of or pertaining to titanium; derived from, or containing,
titanium; specifically, designating those compounds of
titanium in which it has a higher valence as contrasted with
the {titanous} compounds.
{titanic acid} (Chem.), a white amorphous powder, {Ti(OH)4},
obtained by decomposing certain titanates; -- called also
{normal titanic acid}. By extension, any one of a series
of derived acids, called also {metatitanic acid},
{polytitanic acid}, etc.
{Titanic iron ore}. (Min.) See {Menaccanite}.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
53 Moby Thesaurus words for "titanic":
Atlantean, Brobdingnagian, Cyclopean, Gargantuan, Herculean,
Homeric, abysmal, amplitudinous, astronomic, astronomical, awesome,
boundless, bulky, colossal, cosmic, cyclopean, elephantine,
enormous, epic, extensive, galactic, gargantuan, giant, giantlike,
gigantic, heroic, huge, immeasurable, immense, infinite, jumbo,
king-size, large, mammoth, massive, massy, mighty, monster,
monstrous, monumental, mountainous, outsize, overgrown, prodigious,
profound, sizable, spacious, stupendous, towering, tremendous,
vast, voluminous, weighty
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