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Definition of abyssal in English: abyssaladjective əˈbɪs(ə)ləˈbɪsəl technical 1Relating to or denoting the depths or bed of the ocean, especially between about 3000 and 6000 metres down. 〈主技〉深海的;海底的(尤指离海面3, 000至6, 000米处) the abyssal depths of the Atlantic the genera found in the abyssal North Atlantic Example sentencesExamples - They are found in all seas, at all latitudes, and from the intertidal to the abyssal zone.
- Technically, continental shelves are defined as the region of ocean floor between the coast and the shelf-break, where the seafloor steepens into the continental slope and plunges toward the abyssal depths.
- Bottom-living marine-invertebrate species are not scattered randomly across the sea floor from the high-tide line to abyssal depths.
- I remember hearing that it had no actual bottom, but was just a dark abyssal crack in the planet.
- Talisei, Bangka and Lembeh are all on the continental shelf, but the marine park's five islands jut from abyssal depths, and the diving is appropriately dramatic.
- Bathyal is defined as pertaining to the ocean bottom between the sublittoral and abyssal zones - from depths of approximately 200 to 400 m.
- The Brother Islands are a solitary outpost, rising like twin towers from the abyssal depths.
- With the deepest seas in Indonesia and islands jutting up from abyssal depths, this is truly spectacular diving second to none.
- He wanted the visitor to The Deep to experience not only the surface of the world's oceans - the shallow reefs and tropical lagoons - but to experience plunging into the abyssal depths below.
- Deep sea animals will heave themselves up from the abyssal depths, even though it's fatal to them, if they hear a rumor that you will be passing overhead in a boat.
- This problem with the sediment trap technique is probably restricted to the continental slope and shelf and will not occur over abyssal depths.
- He often combined his talents, whether it were to soothe the weary souls at the local pub or fell an ice dragon in the depths of the abyssal caverns.
- The islands are perched at the ragged edge of the continental shelf, right before it plunges more than 2 miles down to the abyssal plain.
- Under the seemingly flat ocean are deep-sea volcanoes, ridges, abyssal trenches and other features which in many cases dwarf their equivalents on land.
- They are found in every aquatic habitat from the abyssal depths of the ocean to freshwater streams and ponds; a few can even crawl on land for short periods of time.
- Beyond this depth is the area known as the abyssal zone.
- The near-constant depth of the abyssal sea floor indicates that the lithosphere thickens to roughly 100 km in 70 million years, but then ceases to grow.
- These fish live in the abyssal plains, flat expanses of the ocean floor at depths of 10,000 to 20,000 feet.
- Sardine and squid do not inhabit abyssal plains.
- This obviously attracted a better class of nautilus, and a bumper crop was viewed by the team the next day in a wonderful dive hanging over an abyssal drop-off.
- 1.1Geology
another term for plutonic (sense 1) Example sentencesExamples - The fluids that emerge may come in bursts when earthquakes occur; fluid flow may therefore repeat episodically over hundreds of thousands of years as abyssal hills are uplifted and spread away from the mid-ocean ridge crest.
- The incoming sediments beneath the 3 km deep Oman abyssal plain consist of 3 km of Makran sands that are derived from the north.
- Geologists know it as an area of mysterious abyssal hot spots where sediments may hold millions of dollars worth of precious metals.
- The width of the mountain is 4-6 times greater than that of most abyssal hills.
OriginMid 17th century: from late Latin abyssalis 'belonging to an abyss' (see abyss). Rhymesbristle, epistle, gristle, missal, scissel, thistle, whistle Definition of abyssal in US English: abyssaladjectiveəˈbɪsələˈbisəl technical 1Relating to or denoting the depths or bed of the ocean, especially between about 10,000 and 20,000 feet (3,000 and 6,000 m) down. 〈主技〉深海的;海底的(尤指离海面3, 000至6, 000米处) the genera found in the abyssal North Atlantic Example sentencesExamples - Beyond this depth is the area known as the abyssal zone.
- This problem with the sediment trap technique is probably restricted to the continental slope and shelf and will not occur over abyssal depths.
- Under the seemingly flat ocean are deep-sea volcanoes, ridges, abyssal trenches and other features which in many cases dwarf their equivalents on land.
- Talisei, Bangka and Lembeh are all on the continental shelf, but the marine park's five islands jut from abyssal depths, and the diving is appropriately dramatic.
- The islands are perched at the ragged edge of the continental shelf, right before it plunges more than 2 miles down to the abyssal plain.
- They are found in all seas, at all latitudes, and from the intertidal to the abyssal zone.
- Bathyal is defined as pertaining to the ocean bottom between the sublittoral and abyssal zones - from depths of approximately 200 to 400 m.
- He wanted the visitor to The Deep to experience not only the surface of the world's oceans - the shallow reefs and tropical lagoons - but to experience plunging into the abyssal depths below.
- He often combined his talents, whether it were to soothe the weary souls at the local pub or fell an ice dragon in the depths of the abyssal caverns.
- They are found in every aquatic habitat from the abyssal depths of the ocean to freshwater streams and ponds; a few can even crawl on land for short periods of time.
- Sardine and squid do not inhabit abyssal plains.
- The Brother Islands are a solitary outpost, rising like twin towers from the abyssal depths.
- The near-constant depth of the abyssal sea floor indicates that the lithosphere thickens to roughly 100 km in 70 million years, but then ceases to grow.
- This obviously attracted a better class of nautilus, and a bumper crop was viewed by the team the next day in a wonderful dive hanging over an abyssal drop-off.
- Deep sea animals will heave themselves up from the abyssal depths, even though it's fatal to them, if they hear a rumor that you will be passing overhead in a boat.
- Technically, continental shelves are defined as the region of ocean floor between the coast and the shelf-break, where the seafloor steepens into the continental slope and plunges toward the abyssal depths.
- Bottom-living marine-invertebrate species are not scattered randomly across the sea floor from the high-tide line to abyssal depths.
- These fish live in the abyssal plains, flat expanses of the ocean floor at depths of 10,000 to 20,000 feet.
- I remember hearing that it had no actual bottom, but was just a dark abyssal crack in the planet.
- With the deepest seas in Indonesia and islands jutting up from abyssal depths, this is truly spectacular diving second to none.
- 1.1Geology
another term for plutonic (sense 1) Example sentencesExamples - The fluids that emerge may come in bursts when earthquakes occur; fluid flow may therefore repeat episodically over hundreds of thousands of years as abyssal hills are uplifted and spread away from the mid-ocean ridge crest.
- The width of the mountain is 4-6 times greater than that of most abyssal hills.
- The incoming sediments beneath the 3 km deep Oman abyssal plain consist of 3 km of Makran sands that are derived from the north.
- Geologists know it as an area of mysterious abyssal hot spots where sediments may hold millions of dollars worth of precious metals.
OriginMid 17th century: from late Latin abyssalis ‘belonging to an abyss’ (see abyss). |