REGOLITH

Meaning of REGOLITH in English

[ 'rɛg(ə)lɪθ ]

■ noun Geology the layer of unconsolidated solid material covering the bedrock of a planet.

Origin

C19: from Gk rhēgos 'rug, blanket' + -lith .

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REGOLITH — noun see: raga Date: 1897 unconsolidated residual or transported material that overlies the solid rock on the earth, moon, or …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
REGOLITH — ˈregəˌlith noun ( -s ) Etymology: Greek rhēgos blanket + English -lith; akin to Greek rhezein to dye — more …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
REGOLITH — /reg"euh lith/ , n. See mantle rock . [ 1895-1900; rhêgo ( s ) rug, blanket + -LITH ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
REGOLITH — noun Etymology: Greek rhēgos blanket + English -lith; akin to Greek rhezein to dye — more at raga Date: 1897 …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
REGOLITH — [reg.o.lith] n [Gk rhegos blanket + E -lith; akin to Gk rhezein to dye--more at raga] (1897): unconsolidated residual or …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
REGOLITH — n. Geol. unconsolidated solid material covering the bedrock of a planet. [erron. f. Gk rhegos rug, blanket + -LITH]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
REGOLITH — n. Geol. unconsolidated solid material covering the bedrock of a planet. [ erron. f. Gk rhegos rug, blanket + -LITH …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
REGOLITH — n. Geol. unconsolidated solid material covering the bedrock of a planet. Etymology: erron. f. Gk rhegos rug, blanket + -LITH
Oxford English vocab
REGOLITH — реголит (геология) реголит
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REGOLITH — Реголит
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REGOLITH — n геол. реголит
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REGOLITH — реголит
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REGOLITH — (n) реголит
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REGOLITH — n геол. реголит
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REGOLITH — n геол. реголит
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REGOLITH — Реголит
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REGOLITH — реголит (геология) реголит
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REGOLITH — n. Pronunciation: ' re-g ə - ˌ lith Function: noun Etymology: Greek rh ē gos blanket + English -lith; akin …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
REGOSOL — ˈregəˌsäl, -sȯl noun ( -s ) Etymology: rego- (as in regolith ) + Latin sol um ground, soil — more …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MANTLEROCK — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : unconsolidated residual or transported material that overlies or covers the solid rock in place — called also …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MANTLE ROCK — Physical Geog. the layer of disintegrated and decomposed rock fragments, including soil, just above the solid rock of the earth's …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MANTLE — I. ˈman-t ə l noun Etymology: Middle English mantel, from Anglo-French, from Latin mantellum Date: 13th century 1. a. : …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
REGOSOL — noun Etymology: rego- (as in regolith ) + Latin solum soil — more at sole Date: 1949 : any of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
REGOSOL — [reg.o.sol] n [rego- (as in regolith) + L solum soil--more at sole] (1949): any of a group of azonal soils …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MANTLE — [man.tle] n [ME mantel, fr. OF, fr. L mantellum] (13c) 1 a: a loose sleeveless garment worn over other clothes: …
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SOIL — earthen material that covers land surfaces and is formed by the action of natural physical, chemical, and biotic forces on …
Britannica English vocabulary
MARE — plural Maria, any flat, dark plain of lower elevation on the Moon. The term, which in Latin means sea, was …
Britannica English vocabulary
PHOBOS — Interior of the crater Stickney on Phobos. The light and dark streaks indicate that the satellite 1/4 the inner of …
Britannica English vocabulary
PROPORTION — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a sense of proportion (= the ability to judge how important or unimportant something …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LUNAR — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a lunar eclipse ( also an eclipse of the Moon ) (= one in which …
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EXTRACT — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES extract a concession (= make someone give you one ) ▪ The Indian government …
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EROSION — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE accelerated ▪ It is this which has resulted in accelerated erosion . ▪ We …
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