Clysmic
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Clysmic is an adjective meaning (geology) In the direction of or pertaining to the Gulf of Suez.
Meaning
(geology) In the direction of or pertaining to the Gulf of Suez.
More Meanings
- (archaic) Cleansing or purifying.
Example Sentences
clysmic fault
Summary of fault orientation data in the Gulf of Suez showing the four main trends: northwest oblique, clysmic, north oblique and cross.
This shows that the tectonic pattern of the Suez rift changed at the end of the Early Clysmic stage, that is about 16-17 m.y. ago (cf. Table 2) .
These huge faults quite often possess a trend parallel to the Gulf of Suez (clysmic faults), but important cross faults occur in the Gulf of Suez area too.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include mundificative, cleansing, detersive, cleanly, purificatory, hemocathartic.
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