chasm
NounWordNet 3.0
Noun (1)
- a deep opening in the earth's surface
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Chasm \Chasm\ (k[a^]z'm), n. [L. chasma, Gr. cha`sma, fr. chai`nein to gape, 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 green hill.— Coleridge.[1913 Webster]
2.A void space; a gap or break, as in ranks of men. [1913 Webster]
Memory . . . fills up the chasms of thought.— Addison.[1913 Webster]
Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
CHeap ASseMbler CHASM
<tool> (CHASM) A shareware assembler for MS-DOS.
(1994-11-15)