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Definition of Deep-sea
1. Adjective. Of or taking place in the deeper parts of the sea. "Deep-sea exploration"
Definition of Deep-sea
1. Adjective. of, related to or located in the deeper part of the sea ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Deep-sea
Literary usage of Deep-sea
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1902)
"THE foundations of our knowledge of the distribution and composition of deep-sea
deposits in general may be said to have been laid by the Challenger ..."
2. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1902)
"Animal Life in the Deep-Sea. — Professor Seeliger's1 pamphlet of fifty pages
presents a very readable popular account of the animal life of the deep sea. ..."
3. International Catalogue of Scientific Literature by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1904)
"Anómala Indian Museum Deep Sea species . . . Investigator. ... Indian Deep Sea .
Macrura. Anómala Indian Museum . . . Deep Sea species . . . Investigator. ..."
4. The Physical Geography of the Sea by Matthew Fontaine Maury (1855)
"Results of former Methods of deep-sea Soundings not entitled to Confidence, 422.
... UNTIL the commencement of the plan of deep-sea soundings, ..."
5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1884)
"deep-sea life appears to diminish in abundance as coasts are receded from. ...
The question is of importance; because, if the deep sea derived its main ..."
6. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1902)
"deep-sea LIKE. The surface of the sea nearly everywhere bears an abundance of
minute animal and plant life. In this surface life, or 'plankton,' as it is ..."
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