Dictionary 1. (a.) Bordering on, or situated near, the ocean; as, the Maritime Provinces of Canada\; connected with the sea by site, interest, or power; having shipping and commerce or a navy; as, maritime states.2. (a.) of or pertaining to the ocean; marine; pertaining to navigation and naval affairs, or to shipping and commerce by sea. Thesaurus bathymetric bathyorographical deep-sea hydrographic marine nautical naval navigational ocean-going oceanic oceanographic pelagic salty seafaring seamanlike seamanly terriginous thalassic water-borne |