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) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it), also figuratively
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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 constituent fragment of a clastic rock
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.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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The act of washing or cleansing; specifically, the washing of the body, or some part of it, as a religious rite.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: geology, mechanical, wearing, grinding, down.The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction; as, the abrasion of coins.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: geology, mechanical, wearing, grinding, down.To bring together; to collect into a mass or sum. "The aggregated soil."
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: geology, mechanical, wearing, grinding, down.The act of rubbing together; friction; the act of wearing by friction, or by rubbing substances together; abrasion.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: geology, mechanical, wearing, grinding, down.(physics) statistical law obeyed by a system of particles whose wave function is not changed when two particles are interchanged (the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: geology, mechanical, wearing, grinding, down.A soft earth, which is plastic, or may be molded with the hands, consisting of hydrous silicate of aluminium. It is the result of the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: geology, mechanical, wearing, grinding, down.The act of reducing to a fine powder or to small particles; pulverization; the state of being comminuted.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: geology, mechanical, wearing, grinding, down.Coalescence of particles; growth; increase by the addition of particles.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: geology, mechanical, wearing, grinding, down.a stream of atomic or subatomic particles that may be charged positively (e.g. alpha particles) or negatively (e.g. beta particles) or…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: geology, mechanical, wearing, grinding, down.To press or bruise between two hard bodies; to squeeze, so as to destroy the natural shape or integrity of the parts, or to force toge…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: geology, mechanical, wearing, grinding, down.A wearing off or away.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: geology, mechanical, wearing, grinding, down.Fine, soft, hairy outgrowth from the skin or surface of animals or plants, not matted and fleecy like wool
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: geology, mechanical, wearing, grinding, down.To wash or strain out so as to purify; as, to elutriate the blood as it passes through the lungs; to strain off or decant, as a powder…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: geology, mechanical, wearing, grinding, down.
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