(geology) an increase in land resulting from alluvial deposits or waterborne sediment
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(geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)
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(geology) a stratum of rock (especially sedimentary rock); "they found a bed of sandstone"
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) 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.(geology) the erosion of soil as a consequence of sand and dust and loose rocks being removed by the wind; "a constant deflation of th…
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.(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.(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.(geology) a long winding ridge of post glacial gravel and other sediment; deposited by meltwater from glaciers or ice sheets
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.(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) 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.(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) 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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Space extended upward; height; the perpendicular elevation of an object above its foundation, above the ground, or above a given level…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: geology, rise, land, higher, elevation.To rise in value. [See note under Rise, v. i.]
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: geology, rise, land, higher, elevation.a movement upward; rise above the ground; "they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: geology, rise, land, higher, elevation.Rising; tending to rise, or causing to rise.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: geology, rise, land, higher, elevation.a movement upward; rise above the ground; "they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: geology, rise, land, higher, elevation.One who operates in expectation of a rise in the price of stocks, or in order to effect such a rise. See 4th Bear, n., 5.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: geology, rise, land, higher, elevation.A detached low mountain, or high rising abruptly from the general level of the surrounding plain; -- applied to peculiar elevations in…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: geology, rise, land, higher, elevation.A wave of the voice embracing both a rise and fall or a fall and a rise on the same a syllable.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: geology, rise, land, higher, elevation.One of the grand divisions of land on the globe; the main land; specifically (Phys. Geog.), a large body of land differing from an isl…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: geology, rise, land, higher, elevation.The act of raising from a lower place, condition, or quality to a higher; -- said of material things, persons, the mind, the voice, et…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: geology, rise, land, higher, elevation.the branch of geology that studies the characteristics and configuration and evolution of rocks and land forms
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: geology, rise, land, higher, elevation.A natural elevation of land, or a mass of earth rising above the common level of the surrounding land; an eminence less than a mountai…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: geology, rise, land, higher, elevation.An extensive series of strata, principally developed in the Rocky Mountain region, as in the Laramie Mountains, and formerly supposed…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: geology, rise, land, higher, elevation.
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