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Definition of Chasm
1. Noun. A deep opening in the earth's surface.
Definition of Chasm
1. n. A deep opening made by disruption, as a breach in the earth or a rock; a yawning abyss; a cleft; a fissure.
Definition of Chasm
1. Noun. A deep, steep-sided rift, gap or fissure; a gorge or abyss ¹
2. Noun. (context: by extension) A large difference of opinion. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Chasm
1. a deep cleft in the earth [n -S] : CHASMAL, CHASMED, CHASMIC, CHASMY [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chasm
Literary usage of Chasm
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Biblical Researches in Palestine, and in the Adjacent Regions: A Journal of by Edward Robinson (1874)
"The depth of the chasm on the eastern side is seven hundred feet ... The bottom
of the chasm is quite narrow, and is wholly filled by the stream. ..."
2. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy by Royal Irish academy (1879)
"A chasm between pp. O'Curry wrote. " Defect" in pencil on foot margin oi and ...
This is noted by O'Curry, who wrote " chasm " in pencil on lower margin of ..."
3. Biblical Researches in Palestine, 1838-52: A Journal of Travels in the Year 1838 by Edward Robinson, Eli Smith (1856)
"We came to it at 12.40, lying here in a narrow chasm, from three hundred to four
hundred feet deep ; and sinking down so suddenly, that a person approaching ..."
4. Later Biblical Researches in Palestine and the Adjacent Regions: A Journal by Edward Robinson, Eli Smith (1856)
"On the north side the chasm is narrower, being about seventy-five feet. ...
Then follow, below the bridge, the architectural forms along the chasm, ..."
5. The Invasion of the Crimea: Its Origin, and an Account of Its Progress Down by Alexander William Kinglake (1868)
"The body thus formed num- iri the chasm bered about 300 men, ... Grenadier Guards,
in order to fill up a part of the chasm which had been wrought in the ..."
6. Imagination and Fancy: Or, Selections from the English Poets, Illustrative by Leigh Hunt (1891)
"Below You hear, but see not, an impetuous torrent Raging among the caverns; and
a bridge Crosses the chasm; and high above these grow, With intersecting ..."
7. General History of the Christian Religion and Church by August Neander, K. F. Th Schneider (1853)
"... when he places a boundless chasm between God and the world ; and here comes
in the hypothesis of numberless intermediate beings, or angels, ..."
8. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1902)
"where the impassable chasm is, but what chiefly concerns us now is the wide
diffusion of belief ... The chasm is said to be between the things I may know, ..."
9. Biblical Researches in Palestine, and in the Adjacent Regions: A Journal of by Edward Robinson (1874)
"The depth of the chasm on the eastern side is seven hundred feet ... The bottom
of the chasm is quite narrow, and is wholly filled by the stream. ..."
10. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy by Royal Irish academy (1879)
"A chasm between pp. O'Curry wrote. " Defect" in pencil on foot margin oi and ...
This is noted by O'Curry, who wrote " chasm " in pencil on lower margin of ..."
11. Biblical Researches in Palestine, 1838-52: A Journal of Travels in the Year 1838 by Edward Robinson, Eli Smith (1856)
"We came to it at 12.40, lying here in a narrow chasm, from three hundred to four
hundred feet deep ; and sinking down so suddenly, that a person approaching ..."
12. Later Biblical Researches in Palestine and the Adjacent Regions: A Journal by Edward Robinson, Eli Smith (1856)
"On the north side the chasm is narrower, being about seventy-five feet. ...
Then follow, below the bridge, the architectural forms along the chasm, ..."
13. The Invasion of the Crimea: Its Origin, and an Account of Its Progress Down by Alexander William Kinglake (1868)
"The body thus formed num- iri the chasm bered about 300 men, ... Grenadier Guards,
in order to fill up a part of the chasm which had been wrought in the ..."
14. Imagination and Fancy: Or, Selections from the English Poets, Illustrative by Leigh Hunt (1891)
"Below You hear, but see not, an impetuous torrent Raging among the caverns; and
a bridge Crosses the chasm; and high above these grow, With intersecting ..."
15. General History of the Christian Religion and Church by August Neander, K. F. Th Schneider (1853)
"... when he places a boundless chasm between God and the world ; and here comes
in the hypothesis of numberless intermediate beings, or angels, ..."
16. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1902)
"where the impassable chasm is, but what chiefly concerns us now is the wide
diffusion of belief ... The chasm is said to be between the things I may know, ..."
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