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 matrix of fine-grained crystalline material in which larger crystals are embedded
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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.(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
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Applied to those ova which segment uniformly, and which have little or no food yelk embedded in their protoplasm.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: geology, matrix, fine-grained, crystalline, material.Resembling aphanite; having a very fine-grained structure.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: geology, matrix, fine-grained, crystalline, material.A West Indian tree (Picraena excelsa) from the wood of which the bitter drug Jamaica quassia is obtained.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: geology, matrix, fine-grained, crystalline, material.A genus of decapod Crustacea, including some of the most common shore crabs of Europe and North America, as the rock crab, Jonah crab,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: geology, matrix, fine-grained, crystalline, material.(mathematics) any number such that a given square matrix minus that number times the identity matrix has a zero determinant
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: geology, matrix, fine-grained, crystalline, material.Consisting of clay; abounding with clay; partaking of clay; like clay.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: geology, matrix, fine-grained, crystalline, material.Clogging, or having power to clog.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: geology, matrix, fine-grained, crystalline, material.A number showing how a transformation stretches a special direction.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: geology, matrix, fine-grained, crystalline, material.(mathematics) any number such that a given square matrix minus that number times the identity matrix has a zero determinant
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: geology, matrix, fine-grained, crystalline, material.(mathematics) any number such that a given square matrix minus that number times the identity matrix has a zero determinant
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: geology, matrix, fine-grained, crystalline, material.The act of embedding, or the state of being embedded.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: geology, matrix, fine-grained, crystalline, material.A name given to a group of minerals, closely related in crystalline form, and all silicates of alumina with either potash, soda, lime,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: geology, matrix, fine-grained, crystalline, material.of Green
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: geology, matrix, fine-grained, crystalline, material.
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