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Atlantification
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Etymology
From en Atlantic ification.
Noun
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en historic The process of joining or being influenced by the Atlantic bloc countries.
en 1952 Unconditional Surrender: The Roots of a World War III Ferdinand Otto Miksche 279 Of course it is clear that with things as they are to-day, every precaution would have to be taken in bringing about the 'Atlantification' of Germany.
en 1954 Review of International Affairs - Volume 5 238 The Soviet Union thus should make a vital concession by agreeing to withdraw from the Eastern Zone. 2) Simultaneous de-Atlantification of the Western Germany. The Atlantic Bloc should also make a vital concession by withdrawing from the Western Zone and abandoning all plans for the integration of Germany into the E.D.C.
en 1995 The Insular Dream: Obsession and Resistance Kristiaan Versluys; Charles Altieri 361 The globalization of culture implies a commercialization, a massification and an "Americanization," or rather "Atlantification," a complex, large-scale integration process on many levels.
The intrusion of water from the Atlantic ocean into another ocean or sea, and the resultant environmental and biological changes.
en 2005 Air Pollution Thirteen C. A. Brebbia 108 The concurrent "Atlantification" of the seasonal ice-cover zone may result in an expansion of Atlantic species northwards and significant changes in biomass, seasonal variation and spatial distribution of phytoplankton.
en 2018 Brave New Arctic: The Untold Story of the Melting North Mark C. Serreze 214 This increased “Atlantification” of the Arctic, which may well be a temporary thing given what we now know, explains why the Barents Sea region has seen so little winter sea ice in recent years, and, in turn, why there is a big positive trend in the winter surface air temperatures in this area (fig. 10).
en 2019 The Arctic: What Everyone Needs to Know® Klaus Dodds; Mark Nuttall 71 Below the water's surface, meanwhile, the Atlantification and Pacification of the Arctic continues apace.
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