Chasm (?), n. [L. chasma, Gr. , fr. to grape, to open wide. See Chaos.] 1. A deep opening made by disruption, as a breach in the earth or a rock; a yawning abyss; a cleft; a fissure.
That deep, romantic chasm which slanted down the green hill.
Coleridge.
2. A void space; a gap or break, as in ranks of men.
Memory . . . fills up the chasms of thought.
Addison.
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