DOLOMITES

Meaning of DOLOMITES in English

Pronunciation: ' d ō -l ə - ˌ m ī ts, ' dä-

Function: geographical name

range of E Alps NE Italy bet. Adige & Piave rivers ― see MARMOLADA

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

DOLOMITES — geographical name range of E Alps NE Italy between Adige & Piave rivers
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DOLOMITES — Italian Alpi Dolomitiche Mountain group, northern Italian Alps. Including a number of impressive peaks, 18 of which rise to more …
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DOLOMITES — /doh"leuh muyts', dol"euh-/ , n. ( used with a pl. v. ) a mountain range in N Italy: a part …
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DOLOMITES — geographical name range of E Alps NE Italy between Adige & Piave rivers — see Marmolada
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DOLOMITES — Cima Pordoi seen from Sella Pass in the Dolomites, Italy. Italian Alpi Dolomitiche, mountain group lying in the eastern section …
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DOLOMITES — n. Italian Alpi Dolomitiche Mountain group, northern Italian Alps. Including a number of impressive peaks, 18 of which rise to …
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DOLOMITES — Доломит
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MARMOLADA — geographical name mountain 10,965 feet (3342 meters ) NE Italy; highest in the Dolomites
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CORTINA — or ~ d'Ampezzo geographical name resort village N Italy in the Dolomites
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GAS RESERVOIR — In geology, a naturally occurring storage area, characteristically a folded rock formation, that traps and holds natural gas. The reservoir …
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DIOPSIDE — Common silicate mineral in the pyroxene family. Diopside is a calcium and magnesium silicate (CaMgSi 2 O 6 ) that …
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ANHYDRITE — Rock-forming mineral, anhydrous calcium sulfate (CaSO 4 ), which differs chemically from gypsum (to which it changes in humid conditions) …
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MARMOLADA — /mahrdd'maw lah"dah/ , n. a mountain in N Italy: highest peak of the Dolomites, 11,020 ft. (3360 m).
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MARMOLADA — geographical name mountain 10,965 feet (3342 meters ) NE Italy; highest in the Dolomites
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CORTINA — or Cortina d'Am·pez·zo kȯr-ˈtē-nä-ˌdäm-ˈpet-(ˌ)sō resort village N Italy in the Dolomites
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SEDIMENTATION — in the geological sciences, process of deposition of a solid material from a state of suspension or solution in a …
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SEDIMENTARY ROCK — rock formed at or near the Earth's surface by the accumulation and lithification of sediment (detrital rock) or by the …
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PETROLEUM TRAP — subsurface reservoir of petroleum. The oil is always accompanied by water and often by natural gas; all are confined in …
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OLIVINE — any member of a group of common magnesium, iron silicate minerals. any member of a group of common magnesium, iron …
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MONTICELLITE — grayish silicate mineral in the olivine family, calcium and magnesium silicate (CaMgSiO4), that occurs as small crystals or grains in …
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HUMITE — member of a group of layered silicate minerals related to the olivines that are nearly always restricted in occurrence to …
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GAS RESERVOIR — in geology, naturally occurring storage area, characteristically a folded rock formation such as an anticline, that traps and holds natural …
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DOLOMITE — type of limestone the carbonate fraction of which is dominated by the mineral dolomite, calcium magnesium carbonate [CaMg(CO3)2]. For detailed …
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DIOPSIDE — common silicate mineral in the pyroxene family that occurs in metamorphosed siliceous limestones and dolomites and in skarns (contact-metamorphic rocks …
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CELESTITE — mineral that is a naturally occurring form of strontium sulfate (SrSO4). It resembles barite, barium sulfate, but is much less …
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CATACLASTITE — any rock produced by dynamic metamorphism during which faulting, granulation, and flowage may occur in previously crystalline parent rocks. When …
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CARBONATE — any member of two classes of chemical compounds derived from carbonic acid or carbon dioxide (q.v.). The inorganic carbonates are …
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ANHYDRITE — Anhydrite from Lockport, N.Y. an important rock-forming mineral, anhydrous calcium sulfate (CaSO4). It differs chemically from gypsum (to which it …
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ALGAE
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WITWATERSRAND SYSTEM — major division of Precambrian rocks in South Africa (the Precambrian began about 3.8 billion years ago and ended 540 million …
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PRECAMBRIAN TIME — period of time that extends from a little more than 3.9 billion years ago, which is the approximate age of …
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ORDOVICIAN PERIOD — interval of geologic time from 505 to 438 million years ago. The second oldest period of the Paleozoic Era, it …
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