titanic

The definition of titanic is huge or of great strength like the Titans, or containing titanium.

(adjective)

The Titanic was a British ocean liner that sank in 1912 on its maiden voyage.

(noun)

An example of the Titanic is the liner that hit an iceberg causing a huge loss of life.

See titanic in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

designating or of a chemical compound containing tetravalent titanium

adjective

Origin: Gr Titanikos

noun

British ocean liner that sank with great loss of life in 1912 on its maiden voyage

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See titanic in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Titanic Of or relating to the Titans.
a. Having great stature or enormous strength; huge or colossal: titanic creatures of the deep.
b. Of enormous scope, power, or influence: “a deepening sense that some titanic event lay just beyond the horizon” (W. Bruce Lincoln).

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