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Webster 1913 Edition
Chasm
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)
- (geology, planetology) A deep, steep-sided rift, gap or fissure; a gorge or abyss.
- (by extension) A large difference of opinion.
Alternative forms
- chasma (obsolete)
Derived terms
- chasmal
- chasmatical (unattested; appears only in dictionaries)
Related terms
- chasma (“long, narrow, steep-sided depression on a body in the solar system”)
Translations
gap
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difference of opinion
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References
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chasm (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- rift on Wikipedia.Wikipedia