the northern part of the Atlantic Ocean, an ocean bounded by North and South America in the Western Hemisphere and by Europe and Africa in the EasternHemisphere. During World War II, the NorthAtlantic was used by the United States to ship materials by convoy to England and Russia, but the Germans dealt terrible punishment to the convoys in the months following the American entry into the war. —3rd South African unpublished Appr GLS (19.3.92)