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  • noun The bottom of a sea or ocean; often covered with sediment.

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Examples

  • One approach, which is expensive and not yet widely applied, is called seafloor geodesy.

    Scientists Misjudged Quake Potential Gautam Naik 2011

  • You know that you are fish obsessed — or just plain loco — if, in the middle of a perfectly good day, you strip down to your boxers, don a snorkel and fins, and plunge into the Pacific Ocean 10 miles offshore where the seafloor is 1,000 feet beneath you.

    Trip Report: Deep Sea Fishing off the Coast of Costa Rica 2005

  • Prof. NELSON: You know, such as the, you know, 75 or 85 percent of it's gone, and they don't bother to look what's settled to the bottom of the seafloor, which is, after all, what happened a lot of the oil after the Exxon Valdez disaster.

    Should Science Take Sides In The Gulf? 2010

  • Prof. NELSON: You know, such as the, you know, 75 or 85 percent of it's gone, and they don't bother to look what's settled to the bottom of the seafloor, which is, after all, what happened a lot of the oil after the Exxon Valdez disaster.

    Should Science Take Sides In The Gulf? 2010

  • Prof. NELSON: You know, such as the, you know, 75 or 85 percent of it's gone, and they don't bother to look what's settled to the bottom of the seafloor, which is, after all, what happened a lot of the oil after the Exxon Valdez disaster.

    Should Science Take Sides In The Gulf? 2010

  • Prof. NELSON: You know, such as the, you know, 75 or 85 percent of it's gone, and they don't bother to look what's settled to the bottom of the seafloor, which is, after all, what happened a lot of the oil after the Exxon Valdez disaster.

    NPR Topics: News 2010

  • The cold, pitch-black depth of the seafloor is a formidable problem.

    FOXNews.com 2010

  • The cold, pitch-black depth of the seafloor is a formidable problem.

    Fore, right! 2010

  • The cold, pitch-black depth of the seafloor is a formidable problem.

    theleafchronicle.com - Local News 2010

  • The cold, pitch-black depth of the seafloor is a formidable problem.

    Sun Journal 2010

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