FactSet (NYSE: FDS | NASDAQ: FDS), a leading provider of financial data and analytical software, announced the release of a new Instant Messaging platform â FactSet IM, an open collaboration platform purposely designed to enhance the workflow needs of global financial professionals.
chasm - a deep opening in the earth's surface. 1  abysm, abyss - a bottomless gulf or pit; any unfathomable (or apparently unfathomable) cavity or chasm or void extending below (often used figuratively) 2  gulf - a deep wide chasm.
chasm A chasm is a deep divide, either literal or figurative, such as a giant chasm in an ice cap or the growing chasm between two friends who haven't spoken in a long time. The first syllable in chasm sounds like cat without the t sound: CA-zum. It comes from the Greek word khasma, meaning yawning hollow, gulf and was originally used to describe a split in a land formation, such as a deep crack caused by an earthquake. The word still retains that sense, but today can also mean a profound division between people or beliefs, such as a chasm between Republicans and Democrats.