Bathyal

Definition: Bathyal

Bathyal

Adjective

1. Relating to ocean depths between 200 and 2000 meters (corresponds to the continental slope).

Domain	Definitions
Mining	A. Pertaining to the benthonic environment on the continental slope, ranging in depth from 200 to 2,000 m b. Pertaining to the bottom and overlying waters between 100 and 1,000 fathoms (600 to 6,000 ft or 183 to 1,830 m) c. Of or pertaining to the deeper parts of the ocean; deep se. (references)
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Crosswords: Bathyal

English words defined with "bathyal": bathyal district, bathyal zone. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	Bycatch of megabenthic invertebrates from bathyal trawl fisheries off southern and eastern New Zealand (reference) (more book examples)
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"Bathyal" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Bathyal" is used about 8 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	100%	8	124,375

Expressions using "bathyal": bathyal district ♦ bathyal zone. Additional references.
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Language		Translations for "bathyal"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Dutch		onder de zone, waarin het licht doordringt ( lichtrijkezone ) liggen de bathyale of bathyse zone en de abyssische of abyssale zone (below the euphotic ( lighted ) zone lie, in order of descent, the bathyal zone and the abyssal zone). (various references)

French		sous la zone euphotique se trouvent la zone bathyale et la zone abyssale (the bathyal zone and the abyssal zone), région bathyale (bathyal zone), dépôts bathyaux (bathyal deposits). (various references)

German		unterhalb der euphotischen / lichtreichen / Zone liegen die bathyale Zone und die abyssale Zone (below the euphotic ( lighted ) zone lie, in order of descent, the bathyal zone and the abyssal zone). (various references)

Greek		κάτω από την εύφωτη ζώνη βρίσκονται,κατά τάξη αυξανομένου βάθους,η βαθύαλη ζώνη και η αβυσσαία ζώνη (below the euphotic ( lighted ) zone lie, in order of descent, the bathyal zone and the abyssal zone). (various references)

Italian		al disotto della zona eufotica si ha la zona batiale e la zona abissale (below the euphotic ( lighted ) zone lie, in order of descent, the bathyal zone and the abyssal zone). (various references)

Pig Latin		athyalbay

Portuguese		abaixo da zona eufótica(iluminada)encontram-se a zona batial e a zona abissal (below the euphotic ( lighted ) zone lie, in order of descent, the bathyal zone and the abyssal zone). (various references)

Spanish		bajo la zona eufórica se encuentran la zona batial y la zona abisal (below the euphotic ( lighted ) zone lie, in order of descent, the bathyal zone and the abyssal zone), depósitos batiales (bathyal deposits). (various references)
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-b-h-l-t-y"
	-2 letters: lathy, tabla.
	-3 letters: ably, alba, ayah, baal, baht, bath, blah, blat, halt, hyla, lath, tala.
	-4 letters: aah, aal, aba, aby, aha, ala, alb, alt, baa, bah, bal, bat, bay, hat, hay, lab, lat, lay, tab, thy, yah.
	-5 letters: aa, ab, ah, al, at, ay, ba, by, ha, la, ta, ya.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-b-h-l-t-y"
	+2 letters: habitably, teachably.
	+3 letters: chalybeate, charitably, detachably, habitually.
	+4 letters: chalybeates, washability.
	+5 letters: bathetically, bathypelagic, habitability, hatchability, labyrinthian, leachability, rehydratable, shareability, uncharitably.
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