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Definition: Abyssal |
AbyssalAdjective1. Relating to ocean depths from 2000 to 5000 meters. 2. So deep as to be unmeasurable; unfathomable; "the abyssal depths of the ocean". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Note: Abyssal \A*byss"al\, adjective. [Compare to Abysmal.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Mining | A. Pertaining to an igneous intrusion that occurs at considerable depth, or to the resulting rock; plutonic. CF:hypabyssal b. Pertaining to the ocean environment or depth zone of 500 fathoms (3,000 ft or 915 m) or deeper; also, pertaining to the organisms of that environment c. Of, or pertaining to, deep within the Earth, the oceanic deeps below 1,000 fathoms (6,000 ft or 1.83 km), or great depths of seas or lakes where light is absent. See also:plutonic d. In oceanography, relating to the greatest depths of the ocean; relatingto the abyssal realm. Syn:abysmal. (references) |
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Synonym: AbyssalSynonym: abysmal (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Abyssal |
| English words defined with "abyssal": abysmal, Abyssal zone ♦ bathyal district, bathyal zone ♦ continental slope. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "abyssal": abyssal hill ♦ bathypelagic ♦ continental rise ♦ plutonic ore deposit. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Abyssal" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. French (abyssal). |
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| "Abyssal" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 69.23% of the time. "Abyssal" is used about 13 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 69.23% | 9 | 117,287 |
| Noun (proper) | 30.77% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Total | 100.00% | 13 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "abyssal": abyssal hill ♦ abyssal rocks ♦ Abyssal zone. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
abyssal zone | 13 |
abyssal plain | 13 |
abyssal flame | 5 |
abyssal | 4 |
abyssal fish | 3 |
abyssal exalted | 3 |
abyssal plane | 3 |
abyssal laurentian | 2 |
abyssal fish zone | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "abyssal"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | i pafundmë. (various references) | |
Arabic | لا يسبر غوره (fathomless, incomprehensible, unfathomable), أعماقى متعلق بأعماق المحيط. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | бездънен (abysmal, bottomless, fathomless, unfathomable), дълбоководен (deep sea), дълбок (abysmal, deep, dreamless, heavy, hollow, intense, intimate, penetrating, penetrative, profound, rooted, visceral). (various references) | |
Chinese | 深渊 (Abyss). (various references) | |
Czech | hlubinný (deep sea, underground). (various references) | |
Danish | abyssal (abysmal). (various references) | |
Dutch | abyssisch (abysmal), abyssaal (abysmal). (various references) | |
Finnish | abyssinen (abysmal), abyssaalinen (abysmal), syvän meren (abysmal). (various references) | |
French | abyssal (abysmal). (various references) | |
German | abyssisch (abysmal), abgrundtief, tief, tief (a long way, acutely, cavernously, deep, deeply, depression, dire, grave, hearty, heavily, heavy, intense, keen, keenly, low, low-pitched, profound, profoundly, sound, soundly, utter, violent). (various references) | |
Greek | χαώδησ (chaotic, snafu), αβυσσαλέος (abysmal), απειροβαθήσ. (various references) | |
Hungarian | mélytengeri (deep sea). (various references) | |
Italian | abissale (abysmal, deep sea). (various references) | |
Manx | charvaalagh (abysmal). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | abyssalay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | abissal. (various references) | |
Romanian | abisal (abysmal). (various references) | |
Russian | глубинный (depth, depth-first). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | ponorni. (various references) | |
Spanish | abisal (abysmal). (various references) | |
Swedish | abyssal (abysmal), djuphavs- (deep sea). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | глибоководний (deep sea), глибинний (deep). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sâu thăm thảm, sâu như vực thẳm. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "abyssal": hypabyssal. (additional references) | |
Words containing "abyssal": hypabyssally. (additional references) | |
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"Abyssal" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Abascal, abishai, abyssmal, Ayissah, Cabessal. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "abyssal" (pronounced 'A*byss"al'): Accrual, Accusal, Actinozoal, Adjournal, Albuminoidal, Amenorrhoeal, Anomal, Anthropoidal, Apogeal, Apohyal, Appraisal, Apprizal, Approval, Arachnoidal, Arctogeal, Arousal, Arrival, Asteroidal, Avowal, Axal, Balmoral, Banal, Basihyal, Beheadal, Bequeathal, Bestowal, Betrayal, Betrothal, Burghal, Carousal, Catarrhal, Cemental, Ceratohyal, Choroidal, Cital, Coastal, Cockal, Colloidal, Comprisal, Conchoidal, Conoidal, Convival, CORAL, Coralloidal, Cordal, Cotidal, Crinoidal, Croupal, Crustal, Cryal. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-l-s-s-y" | |
-1 letter: balsas, bassly. | |
-2 letters: abyss, albas, assay, asyla, baals, balas, balsa, basal, bassy, lyssa, salsa, slabs, slays. | |
-3 letters: aals, abas, ably, abys, alas, alba, albs, baal, baas, bals, bass, bays, labs, lass, lays, sabs, sals, says, slab, slay. | |
-4 letters: aal, aas, aba, abs, aby, ala, alb, als, ass, ays, baa, bal, bas, bay, bys, lab. | |
-5 letters: aa. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-b-l-s-s-y" | |
+1 letter: passably. | |
+2 letters: assumably. | |
+3 letters: hypabyssal, impassably, seasonably. | |
+4 letters: assemblyman, syllabaries. | |
+5 letters: assumability, carboxylases, hypabyssally, syllabicates, unassailably, unseasonably. | |
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