abyssal
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əl adjective
1.
of or like an abyss; immeasurable; unfathomable.
2.
of or pertaining to the biogeographic zone of the ocean bottom between the bathyal and hadal zones: from depths of approximately 13,000 to 21,000 feet (4000 to 6500 meters).
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| —adj | |
| 1. | of or belonging to the ocean depths, esp below 2000 metres (6500 feet): abyssal zone |
| 2. | geology another word for plutonic |
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Word Origin & History
abyssal
1690s, used especially of the zone of ocean water below 300 fathoms, from abyss.
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Example sentences
The abyssal depths had always been regarded as a desert, incapable of supporting life.
There is a census of coastal waters and a census of the abyssal plains, a census of coral reefs and a census of seamounts.
From the abyssal depths to the tropical shallows, the ocean teems with myriad creatures.
Submersibles alone enable us to explore the abyssal depths.
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