Thalassic

[θә'læsik]

Definition

(adj.) relating to the seas, especially smaller or inland seas; 'deposits of sediment in gulfs and seas rather than in the ocean proper are known as thalassic deposits'- Scientific American .

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Definition

(a.) Of or pertaining to the sea; -- sometimes applied to rocks formed from sediments deposited upon the sea bottom.

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Definition

adj. pertaining to the smaller seas—opp. to Oceanic: (zool.) pelagic.—ns. Thalassoc′racy Thalassoc′raty the sovereignty of the seas; Thalassog′rapher a student of the phenomena of the ocean.—adj. Thalassograph′ic.—ns. Thalassog′raphy the science of the ocean oceanography; Thalassom′eter a tide-gauge.

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