The act of increasing by natural growth; esp. the increase of organic bodies by the internal accession of parts; organic growth.
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(geology) a constituent fragment of a clastic rock
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An article of furniture to sleep or take rest in or on; a couch. Specifically: A sack or mattress, filled with some soft material, in…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Landscapes and landforms, Geomorphology and geology.To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to br…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Landscapes and landforms, Geomorphology and geology.(geology) a rock composed of broken pieces of older rocks
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Landscapes and landforms, Geomorphology and geology.A general decrease in prices over time.
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Landscapes and landforms, Geomorphology and geology.(geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it), also figuratively
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Landscapes and landforms, Geomorphology and geology.of Erode
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Landscapes and landforms, Geomorphology and geology.The act or operation of eroding or eating away.
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Landscapes and landforms, Geomorphology and geology.See Eschar.
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Landscapes and landforms, Geomorphology and geology.(geology) the probability that an earthquake will generate a level of ground motion that exceeds a specified reference level during a…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Landscapes and landforms, Geomorphology and geology.Defect; want; lack; default.
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Landscapes and landforms, Geomorphology and geology.(geology) line determined by the intersection of a geological fault and the earth's surface
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Landscapes and landforms, Geomorphology and geology.The act of breaking or snapping asunder; rupture; breach.
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Landscapes and landforms, Geomorphology and geology.(geology) a natural process whereby geological features are modified
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Landscapes and landforms, Geomorphology and geology.(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other; "they built it right ove…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Landscapes and landforms, Geomorphology and geology.(geology) the geological features of the earth
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Landscapes and landforms, Geomorphology and geology.(geology) a natural process whereby geological features are modified
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Landscapes and landforms, Geomorphology and geology.The science which treats: (a) Of the structure and mineral constitution of the globe; structural geology. (b) Of its history as regard…
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Its definition shares important concepts with this word: geology, constituent, fragment, clastic, rock.The inclosed space near the point where two lines meet; a corner; a nook.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: geology, constituent, fragment, clastic, rock.A tearing asunder; a forcible separation.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: geology, constituent, fragment, clastic, rock.In most branches of science bi- in composition denotes two, twice, or doubly; as, bidentate, two-toothed; biternate, doubly ternate, e…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: geology, constituent, fragment, clastic, rock.The hard, calcified tissue of the skeleton of vertebrate animals, consisting very largely of calcic carbonate, calcic phosphate, and g…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: geology, constituent, fragment, clastic, rock.A piece or fragment of a brick. See Bat, 4.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: geology, constituent, fragment, clastic, rock.Pertaining to what may be taken apart; as, clastic anatomy (of models).
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: geology, constituent, fragment, clastic, rock.A steep, rugged rock; a rough, broken cliff, or point of a rock, on a ledge.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: geology, constituent, fragment, clastic, rock.The act or process of resolving the constituent parts of a compound body or substance into its elementary parts; separation into const…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: geology, constituent, fragment, clastic, rock.a domed rock formation where a core of rock has moved upward and pierced through the more brittle overlying strata
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: geology, constituent, fragment, clastic, rock.The extreme or last point or part of any material thing considered lengthwise (the extremity of breadth being side); hence, extremity,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: geology, constituent, fragment, clastic, rock.The theory of generation which holds that the germ is created entirely new, not merely expanded, by the procreative power of the paren…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: geology, constituent, fragment, clastic, rock.Having no certain course; roving about without a fixed destination; wandering; moving; -- hence, applied to the planets as distinguish…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: geology, constituent, fragment, clastic, rock.
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