Meaning Of The Word Sima

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sima in American English
the heavy igneous rock material of the earth's inner crust, forming a continuous shell and underlying the sial and also the ocean floors

sima in American English 1
noun: an assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and magnesium, that constitutes the lower layer of the earth's crust and is found beneath the ocean floors and the sial of continents

sima in American English 2
noun: the uppermost member of a full classical order, usually a cyma recta, representing a roof gutter; cymatium

sima in British English
noun: the silicon-rich and magnesium-rich rocks of the earth's oceanic crust, the most abundant individual rock being basalt

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