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Definition of Ocean floor
1. Noun. The bottom of a sea or ocean.
Specialized synonyms: Abyssal Zone, Continental Shelf, Bathyal District, Bathyal Zone, Continental Slope, Neritic Zone, Twilight Zone
Generic synonyms: Bed, Bottom
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ocean Floor
Literary usage of Ocean floor
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. This Dynamic Earth: The Story of Plate Tectonics by W. Jackquelyne Klous, Robert I. Tilling (1996)
"ocean floor mapping About two thirds of the Earth's surface lies beneath the oceans.
Before the 19th century, the depths of the open ocean were largely a ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"Relief of the ocean floor.—Recent soundings have shown that the floor of the
ocean on the whole lies some 2 or 3 m. beneath the surface, and O. Krümme! has ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1900)
"Consider next the increase of temperature with descent, which occurs beneath the
continents : at a depth of 13000 feet, or at same depth as the ocean floor, ..."
4. Elementary Physical Geography by Ralph Stockman Tarr (1895)
"Phosphorescence is a possible source of light on the ocean floor. After nightfall,
whenever a ... Materials composing the ocean floor: Mechanical Sediments. ..."
5. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1893)
"Mr. Jukes-Browne's remark as to long-continued sedimentation obliterating the
irregularities of the ocean floor requires proof. Dr. Murray has shown that ..."
6. Elementary Physical Geography by Ralph Stockman Tarr (1895)
"Phosphorescence is a possible source of light on the ocean floor. After nightfall,
whenever a ... Materials composing the ocean floor: Mechanical Sediments. ..."
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