What is the pacific?

Question

What is the pacific?

Answer 1

It's you know, like when the teacher says, "could you be mo' pacific with your answer"

Answer 2

promoting peace. , largest ocean in the world

Answer 3

it si an ocean

Answer 4

its an ocean west of washington and also the ocean that the titanic (ship) sunk

Answer 5

i think you are talking about the Pacific Ocean in Australian waters

or you couldbe like dexlixicated like me an mean specific?

Answer 6

Its an ocean west of california

Answer 7

It's that giant body of water off the California coast which rusts our cars.

Answer 8

Indian Pacific,,,Pacific National ?

Answer 9

an ocean

Answer 10

A "Pacific" is a class of steam engine.  Steam engines were classified by their wheel arrangement.  A"Pacific" had a wheel arrangement of 4-6-2, meaning it had a four wheel leading (or 'pony' truck) six drive wheels and a two wheel trailing truck.

Here are all of the most common types, by name and wheel arrangement.

American  -  4-4-0

Switcher   -  0-6-0

Switcher   -  0-8-0

Heavy Switcher  -  0-10-2 unique to  Union RR of Pa. and DM&IR

Mogul           2-6-0

Prairie       -  2-6-2

Ten Wheel  -  4-6-0

Consolidation  -  2-8-0

Twelve Wheel  -  4-8-0

Atlantic  -  4-4-2

Hudson  -  4-6-4

Mikado  -  2-8-2

Berkshire  -  2-8-4

Santa Fe  2-10-2

Decapod  -  2-10-4

Russian Decapod  -  2-10-0

Mountain  -  4-8-2

General Service  -  4-8-4  (also called "Northern " or "Niagra")

Southern Pacific  -  4-10-2

Finally, there are the articulateds, and in a class by themselves, as they were two "engines" under one boiler, with pivoting engines that allowed these beheamoths to negotiate sharp curves, with a variety of wheel arrangements, including:

4-4-4-4    "T-1 Duplex"

2-6-6-6    "Allegheny"

2-8-8-4    "Yellowstone"

4-6-6-2    "Mallet Mogul"

4-6-6-4    "Challenger"

2-6-6-2

2-8-8-2

4-8-8-2    "Articulated Consolidated"

4-8-8-4    "Big Boy"  (Unique to Union Pacific)

Answer 11

it's an ocean off the west coast of California, Oregon and Washington.

Answer 12

the ocean on the pacific coast?