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Webster 1913 Edition


Chasm

Chasm

(kăz’m)
,
Noun.
[L.
chasma
, Gr.
χάσμα
, fr.
χαίνειν
to gape, to open wide. See
Chaos
.]
1.
A deep opening made by disruption, as a breach in the earth or a rock; a yawning abyss; a cleft; a fissure.
That deep, romantic
chasm
which slanted down the green hill.
Coleridge.
2.
A void space; a gap or break, as in ranks of men.
Memory . . . fills up the
chasms
of thought.
Addison.

Webster 1828 Edition


Chasm

CHASM

, n.
1.
A cleft; a fissure; a gap; properly, an opening made by disrupture, as a beach in the earth or a rock.
2.
A void space; a vacuity.
Between the two propositions, that the gospel is true and that it is false, what a fearful chasm! The unsettled reason hovers over it in dismay.

Definition 2024


chasm

chasm

English

Noun

chasm (plural chasms)

  1. (geology, planetology) A deep, steep-sided rift, gap or fissure; a gorge or abyss.
  2. (by extension) A large difference of opinion.

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Derived terms

  • chasmal
  • chasmatical (unattested; appears only in dictionaries)

Related terms

  • chasma (long, narrow, steep-sided depression on a body in the solar system)

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