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clysmic

clysmic adjective: in the direction of or pertaining to the Gulf of Suez.

Adjective

clysmic (comparative more clysmic, superlative most clysmic)

  1. In the direction of or pertaining to the Gulf of Suez.
    • clysmic fault
    • These huge faults quite often possess a trend parallel to the Gulf of Suez (clysmic faults), but important cross faults occur in the Gulf of Suez area too.1966, Heinrich Moritz, Emil Schuermann, The Pre-cambrian Along the Guld of Suez and the Norther Part of the Red Sea, page 295
  2. (archaic) Cleansing or purifying.
    • while the interview lasted Mr. Hoyt called for some clysmic water, I think, which was brought in, and he had some glasses brought for us and wanted us to take some of the clysmic water, which was brought from one of those Wisconsin springs, and he discussed the merits of this clysmic water, etc....1889, New York Court of Appeals. Records and Briefs, page 2603

Examples of clysmic in a sentence

  • This shows that the tectonic pattern of the Suez rift changed at the end of the Early Clysmic stage, that is about 16-17 m.y. ago (cf.1975, Garfunkel & Bartov, “Tectonics of the Suez Rift”, in Bulletin, page 21:
  • Summary of fault orientation data in the Gulf of Suez showing the four main trends: northwest oblique, clysmic, north oblique and cross.1994, Susan M. Landon, Interior Rift Basins: AAPG Memoir 59, page Page 36:

Forms of clysmic

comparativemore clysmic
superlativemost clysmic

Origin of clysmic

From Ancient Greek κλύζω (klúzō, “to wash”) + -ic.

Questions about clysmic

What does clysmic mean?
Clysmic means in the direction of or pertaining to the Gulf of Suez.
How do you use clysmic in a sentence?
This shows that the tectonic pattern of the Suez rift changed at the end of the Early Clysmic stage, that is about 16-17 m.y. ago (cf.
What part of speech is clysmic?
Clysmic is an adjective.

Words near clysmic in the dictionary

  1. clypolae
  2. clypt
  3. Clyro
  4. clysis
  5. clysmian
  6. clysmic
  7. clyssi
  8. clyssus
  9. Clyst
  10. Clyst St Mary
  11. clyster

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