maritime
IPA: mˈɛrʌtaɪm
adjective
- Relating to or connected with the sea or its uses (as navigation, commerce, etc.).
- Bordering on the sea; living near the seacoast; coastal.
- (zoology) Inhabiting the seashore; living coastwise; littoral. (distinguished from marine)
- Of or relating to a sailor or seaman; nautical.
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Examples of "maritime" in Sentences
- But we also need what we call maritime domain awareness.
- But we also need what we call maritime domain awareness, and that's very persistent surveillance out there.
- BOWMAN: What America does need, Gates said, is for the Marines to preserve what he calls their maritime soul.
- But it's part of a larger effort that we've had ongoing for sometime, what we call maritime intercept operations where we look for things like drugs moving, where we look for things like weapons moving, or any of the terrorist personnel themselves moving, not only in that region, but in other parts of the world.
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