what is a chasm?
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- chasm - a deep opening in the earth's surface. 1  abysm, abyss - a bottomless gulf or pit; any unfathomable (or apparently unfathomable) cavity or chasm or void extending below (often used figuratively) 2  gulf - a deep wide chasm.
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fissure fissure. 1. Anatomy a narrow split or groove that divides an organ such as the brain, lung, or liver into lobes. 2. a small unnatural crack in the skin or mucous membrane, as between the toes or at the anus. 3. a minute crack in the surface of a tooth, caused by imperfect joining of enamel during development. [ ′fish·ər ].
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- 1. chasm, gulf, split, crack, gap, pit, opening, breach, hollow, void, gorge, crater, cavity, ravine, cleft, fissure, crevasse, bottomless depth, abysm She leapt to her death in a nearby abyss.
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AND PRONUNCIATIONS Sign in. A spasm is a sudden, violent, involuntary contraction of a muscle or a group of muscles (including involuntary muscles such as in an artery, the colon, or the esophagus), attended by pain and interference with function, producing involuntary movement and distortion.
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Chama, New Mexico Chama is the western terminus of the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad, a steam-driven, narrow gauge heritage railway which carries visitors to and from Osier, Colorado, and Antonito, Colorado, during the summer months.
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Top 30 Doctor insights on: Psoas Muscle Spasm Symptoms A muscle spasm is a painful, involuntary movement or contraction of a muscle. A muscle spasm is also known as a muscle cramp. Muscle spasms and cramps are not the same as muscle twitching, which refers to very fine involuntary movements (fasciculations) of a small segment of muscle. Skeletal muscles are muscles attached to bones that you control to move your body.
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- clonic spasm. Also found in: Dictionary, Thesaurus, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia. spasm. 1. a sudden involuntary contraction of a muscle or group of muscles. 2. a sudden, transitory constriction of a passage, canal, or orifice; spasms usually occur when the nerves supplying muscles are irritated, and are often accompanied by pain.
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- windows or crisscross them with plenty of masking tape. Donna is almost upon us, and she's really a doozie!. It is only 4:00 in the afternoon, but Hurricane Donna has cast a bleak and threatening blanket of darkness over us. My brother, two sisters, and I cluster anxiously in the warmth of our living room. We jump nervously at the sound of the back porch screen door as Dad pulls it shut behind him.
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- 1 A deep fissure in the earth’s surface: a chasm a mile long figurative he was engulfed in a chasm of despair. More example sentences. Synonyms. 1  The movie also shows a panoramic view of the mountains, deep chasms and valleys going into oblivion and the sounds of crackling icicles and snowstorms. A deep fissure in the earth’s surface: a chasm a mile long figurative he was engulfed in a chasm of despair. More example sentences. Synonyms. 1  The movie also shows a panoramic view of the mountains, deep chasms and valleys going into oblivion and the sounds of crackling icicles and snowstorms.
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- Definition of chasm. 1  1 : a deep cleft in the surface of a planet (such as the earth) : gorge built a bridge over the chasm. 2  2 : a marked division, separation, or difference the chasm between the rich and the poor.
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- What is happening today is indeed a thinning of the Veil between human and Divine, leading, it certainly appears, toward what the Sufis call the Supreme Identity—the identity between a human soul and a divine God in a yet deeper or higher Godhead. Our Senses as Conduits to the Divine.
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- A muscle spasm is a painful, involuntary movement or contraction of a muscle. A muscle spasm is also known as a muscle cramp. Muscle spasms and cramps are not the same as muscle twitching, which refers to very fine involuntary movements (fasciculations) of a small segment of muscle.
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- What occurs at a rift valley? A rift valley is an area where two tectonic plates are moving apart from each other. The greatest example of this is the African Rift Valley.
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- Chalice Pipe. A Chalice, also known as a Wisdom Chalice or Chillum Chalice, is a type of smoking pipe used most often by members of the Rastafari movement. It is a sort of water pipe with a hose, or draw-tube, for inhaling.
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- The term miasm means noxious influence. A miasm is most simply defined as a person's inherited disease group. Every human has an inherited miasm and with inherited responses that have been passed down from one generation to the next generation. A miasm is either active, inactive (latent) or exposed.
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- A spasm is a sudden, involuntary contraction of a muscle, a group of muscles, or a hollow organ such as a heart, or a similarly sudden contraction of an orifice.It most commonly refers to a muscle cramp which is often accompanied by a sudden burst of pain, but is usually harmless and ceases after a few minutes.here are a variety of other causes of involuntary muscle contractions, which may be more serious, depending on the cause. The word spasm may also refer to a temporary burst of energy, activity, emotion, eustress, stress, or anxiety unrelated to, or as a consequence of, involuntary muscle activity.
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Spasm A spasm may be a muscle contraction caused by abnormal nerve stimulation or by abnormal activity of the muscle itself. A series of spasms, or permanent spasms, is called a spasmism. A spasm may lead to muscle strains or tears in tendons and ligaments if the force of the spasm exceeds the tensile strength of the underlying connective tissue.
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Coronary Artery Spasm Coronary artery spasm is a temporary, sudden narrowing of one of the coronary arteries (the arteries that supply blood to the heart). The spasm slows or stops blood flow through the artery and starves part of the heart of oxygen-rich blood.
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Definition of âchasmâ - English Dictionary The little bridge over that deep chasm looked very unsafe. (Definition of “chasm” from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of “chasm”
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chasm chasm. 1. a yawning fissure or deep cleft in the earth's surface; gorge. 2. any marked gap or break. 3. a wide divergence of opinions, interests, etc., esp. producing a breach in relations.hasm. n. 1. A deep, steep-sided opening in the earth's surface; an abyss or gorge. 2. A sudden interruption of continuity; a gap. 3. A pronounced difference of opinion, interests, or loyalty.
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- Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: abyss /əˈbɪs/. n. 1  a very deep or unfathomable gorge or chasm.  anything that appears to be endless or immeasurably deep, such as time, despair, or shame.
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Ceiling For other uses, see Ceiling (disambiguation). A ceiling /ˈsiːlɪŋ/ is an overhead interior surface that covers the upper limits of a room. It is not generally considered a structural element, but a finished surface concealing the underside of the roof structure or the floor of a storey above. Ceilings can be decorated to taste, and there are many fine examples of frescoes and artwork on ceilings especially in religious buildings.
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clonic spasm 1. a sudden involuntary contraction of a muscle or group of muscles. 2. a sudden, transitory constriction of a passage, canal, or orifice; spasms usually occur when the nerves supplying muscles are irritated, and are often accompanied by pain. A vasospasm is a rare type that occurs in a blood vessel.
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Chakra A chakra is an energy centre in the human body as taught in Indian yoga and some related cultures. Chakras are also believed in by some New Age adherents. Chakra means 'wheel' in Sanskrit. A chakra is an area in the body connected with life energy. There are seven chakras in the body - each is an interface for the flow of life energy. A chakra vitalizes a physical body and is associated with interactions of a physical or mental nature. Current science is not able to detect or measure chakras.
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- chamfer. 1  a cut that is made in wood or some other material, usually at a 45° angle to the adjacent principal faces. 2  to make a chamfer on or in.
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Fissure (December 2009). In anatomy, a fissure (Latin fissura, plural fissurae) is a groove, natural division, deep furrow, elongated cleft, or tear in various parts of the body also generally called a sulcus, or in the brain a sulcus. Longitudinal fissure: found in the lower surface of the liver, also a fissure that separates the right and left hemispheres of the cerebrum. 2  Portal fissure: found in the under-surface of the liver. 3  Umbilical fissure: found in front of the liver.