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A sea is a large body of salty water. There are particular seas and the sea. The sea commonly refers to the ocean, the wider body of seawater. Particular seas are either marginal seas, second-order sections of the oceanic sea (e.g. the Mediterranean Sea), or certain large, nearly landlocked bodies of water. The salinity of … See more
Earth is the only known planet with seas of liquid water on its surface, although Mars possesses ice caps and similar planets in other solar systems may have oceans. Earth's 1,335,000,000 cubic kilometers (320,000,000 cu mi) of sea contain about 97.2… See more
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The oceans are home to a diverse collection of life forms that use it as a habitat. Since sunlight illuminates only the upper layers, the… See more
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- NOUN(the sea)sea (noun) · seas (plural noun) · Sea (noun)
- the expanse of salt water that covers most of the earth's surface and surrounds its land masses:"a ban on dumping radioactive wastes in the sea" ·"rocky bays lapped by vivid blue sea" · "a sea view"antonyms:
- a roughly definable area of the sea:"the Black Sea"
- a large lake:"the Sea of Galilee"
- used to refer to waves as opposed to calm sea:"there was still some sea running"
- (seas)large waves:"the lifeboat met seas of thirty-five feet head-on"
- a vast expanse or quantity of something:"she scanned the sea of faces for Stephen"
ORIGINOld English sǣ, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zee and German See.ABBREVIATION- short for Single European Act.
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