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Definition of Thalassic
1. Adjective. 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"
Definition of Thalassic
1. a. Of or pertaining to the sea; -- sometimes applied to rocks formed from sediments deposited upon the sea bottom.
Definition of Thalassic
1. Adjective. of, or relating to seas and oceans ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Thalassic
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Thalassic
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Thalassic
| thalamus thalamuses thalattocracy |
Literary usage of Thalassic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Geology for Students and General Readers: Physical Geology by Alexander Henry Green (1880)
"v' v: • ' i ™ v " thalassic ROCKS. The rough usage which the materials of such
... thalassic Bocks.—As we leave the shallow belt which usually fringes a ..."
2. Geology by Alexander Henry Green (1882)
"... we find the group to consist there "f alternations of beds decidedly estuarine
with others undoubtedly marine, of the class we have called thalassic; ..."
3. Transactions of the Oneida Historical Society at Utica by Oneida Historical Society at Utica (1894)
"With the supremacy of Tyre the thalassic stage of history began. For centuries
to come the Mediterranean was to be the centre of the world and the discovery ..."
4. Old Glory and the Gospel in the Philippines: Notes Gathered During by Alice Byram Condict (1901)
"When indeed European civilization passed from the "thalassic" to the "Oceanic"
stage, till then trade ... Italy reaped the benefit of the thalassic period. ..."
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