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thalassic


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Thalassic  \Tha*las"sic\,  a.  [Gr.  ?  the  sea.]  (Geol.) 
  Of  or  pertaining  to  the  sea;  --  sometimes  applied  to  rocks 
  formed  from  sediments  deposited  upon  the  sea  bottom. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  thalassic 
  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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