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ADJ.
early, important
CLYSMIC + NOUN
fault, faults
adj
In the direction of or pertaining to the Gulf of Suez.
clysmic fault
These huge faults quite often possess a trend parallel to the Gulf of Suez (clysmic faults), but important cross faults occur in the Gulf of Suez area too.
Cleansing or purifying.
while the interview lasted Mr. Hoyt called for some clysmic water, I think, which was brought in, and he had some glasses brought for us and wanted us to take some of the clysmic water, which was brought from one of those Wisconsin springs, and he discussed the merits of this clysmic water, etc., in a general sort of way,
clysmic fault
WiktionaryThese huge faults quite often possess a trend parallel to the Gulf of Suez (clysmic faults), but important cross faults occur in the Gulf of Suez area too.
WiktionaryThis shows that the tectonic pattern of the Suez rift changed at the end of the Early Clysmic stage, that is about 16-17 m.y. ago (cf. Table 2) .
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In some senses, clysmic is marked as archaic. Watch for register when choosing this word.