Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of, relating to, or taking place in the deeper parts of the sea.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to the deeper parts of the ocean: as, deep-sea dredging.
- the line, made of steel wire, weighing about 14½, pounds to the nautical mile;
- machinery for regulating the lowering of the sinker and for reeling in the wire with the cylinder attached in such a manner that the irregular strain due to the motion of the ship may be guarded against and the danger of breakage thus reduced to a minimum. In the deepest accurate sounding yet made the bottom was reached at the depth of 4,655 fathoms, but owing to the breaking of the wire no specimen was obtained. This sounding was made on the “Tuscarora” by Commander G. E. Belknap, U.S. N., in north latitude 44° 55′ , east longitude 152° 26′ . The deepest sounding yet made in which a specimen of the bottom was brought up was that of the United States Coast Survey steamer “Blake,” off Porto Rico, the depth there reached being 4,561 fathoms.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to the deeper parts of the sea
- adjective at some distance from the shore.
- adjective taking place in the deeper parts of the sea.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective of, related to or located in the
deeper part of the sea
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or taking place in the deeper parts of the sea
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Examples
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It could easily be either, well minus the "deep-sea" part, which should make it much less difficult to make.
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And Hiroshima is neither a deep-sea documentary nor a TV show, so how are those relevant to his dramatic movies? mbellerbrock
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Supported by NOAA's new Office of ocean Exploration, the trip will include three teams of scientist/explorers hoping to develop a better understanding of America's last great wilderness range, including newly identified deep-sea coral habitats.
David Helvarg: 9/11 From 200 miles Out at Sea David Helvarg 2011
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'Hiroshima is neither a deep-sea documentary nor a TV show.'
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There are beautiful branching deep-sea corals in yellow, brown and white, also deep sponges, cutthroat eels, rattail fish, red crabs, luminescent purple shimmering squid and other life abundant amidst the marine snow, organic detritus falling from above.
David Helvarg: 9/11 From 200 miles Out at Sea David Helvarg 2011
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Supported by NOAA's new Office of ocean Exploration, the trip will include three teams of scientist/explorers hoping to develop a better understanding of America's last great wilderness range, including newly identified deep-sea coral habitats.
David Helvarg: 9/11 From 200 miles Out at Sea David Helvarg 2011
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At the same time, China's first manned deep-sea submersible surpassed U.S. capabilities in a race to explore resources in the deepest parts of the world's oceans.
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We shouldn't have to choose between campaigning for a strong international climate agreement, OR campaigning against long term carbon lock-in think coal, tar sands, deep-sea oil drilling, OR campaigning for low carbon development and a green economy.
Kelly Rigg: What's Next Now That the Durban Climate Negotiations Are Behind Us? Kelly Rigg 2011
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There are beautiful branching deep-sea corals in yellow, brown and white, also deep sponges, cutthroat eels, rattail fish, red crabs, luminescent purple shimmering squid and other life abundant amidst the marine snow, organic detritus falling from above.
David Helvarg: 9/11 From 200 miles Out at Sea David Helvarg 2011
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But Graham said at the news conference that the commission has information suggesting that some of the deep-sea technology used to fight the leak, such as the "top hat" containment cap, was premised on a smaller flow.
Oil spill commission questions BP's response plan Joel Achenbach 2010
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