chasma
A long, narrow, steep-sided depression on a planet, a moon, or another body in the…A long, narrow, steep-sided depression on a planet (often other than Earth), a moon, or another body in the Solar System.
Meaning
2 sensesA long, narrow, steep-sided depression on a planet (often other than Earth), a moon, or another body in the Solar System.
Chasma
(obsolete, rare)An aurora.
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Latin chasma, from Ancient Greek χάσμα (khásma, “abyss, cleft”), from Ancient Greek χFrom Latin chasma, from Ancient Greek χάσμα (khásma, “abyss, cleft”), from Ancient Greek χᾰ́σκω (khắskō, “to gape, yawn”) (possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰan-, *gʰan- (“to gape, yawn”) + -σκω (-skō, inchoative suffix forming a present-tense word), from Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti (suffix forming a durative or iterative imperfective verb); or from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₁y- (“to gape, yawn”)) + Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă, suffix forming a noun denoting the result of an action) (from Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ (suffix forming an action or result noun)). Doublet of chasm.
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Forms
plural: chasmas / chasmataWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular