Chasm

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• Chasm — – the Rift Entwickler Action Forms Erstveröffent lichung …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Chasm — Chasm, n. [L. chasma, Gr. ?, fr. ? to grape, to open wide. See {Chaos}.] 1. A deep opening made by disruption, as a breach in the earth or a rock; a yawning abyss; a cleft; a fissure. [1913 Webster] That deep, romantic chasm which slanted down… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• chasm — [ kæzəm ] noun count 1. ) a very big difference that separates one person or group from another: chasm between: a widening chasm between town and country 2. ) a very deep crack in rock or ice …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• Chasm — est un album de musique de Ryuichi Sakamoto, sorti en 2004. Liste des morceaux No Titre Durée …   Wikipédia en Français

• chasm — chasm; hes·y·chasm; …   English syllables

• chasm — index hiatus, pitfall, rift (gap), split Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• chasm — (n.) 1590s, deep crack in the earth, from L. chasma, from Gk. khasma yawning hollow, gulf, related to khaskein to yawn, and thus to CHAOS (Cf. chaos). In English in 17c. often spelled chasma …   Etymology dictionary

• chasm — *gulf, abyss, abysm …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• chasm — [n] gap, abyss abysm, alienation, arroyo, blank, breach, cavity, cleavage, cleft, clough, clove, crater, crevasse, fissure, flume, gorge, gulch, gulf, hiatus, hole, hollow, omission, opening, oversight, preterition, ravine, rent, rift, schism,… …   New thesaurus

• chasm — ► NOUN 1) a deep fissure. 2) a profound difference between people, viewpoints, feelings, etc. ORIGIN Greek khasma gaping hollow …   English terms dictionary