MID-OCEAN RIDGE

Meaning of MID-OCEAN RIDGE in English

Pronunciation: ' mid- ' ō -sh ə n-

Function: noun

Date: 1961

: an elevated region with a central valley on an ocean floor at the boundary between two diverging tectonic plates where new crust forms from upwelling magma

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MID-OCEAN RIDGE — noun Date: 1961 an elevated region with a central valley on an ocean floor at the boundary between two diverging …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
MID-OCEAN RIDGE — /mid"oh'sheuhn/ any of several seismically active submarine mountain ranges that extend through the Atlantic, Indian, and South Pacific oceans: each …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MID-OCEAN RIDGE — noun Date: 1961 : an elevated region with a central valley on an ocean floor at the boundary between two …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MID-OCEAN RIDGE — ■ noun Geology a long, seismically active submarine ridge system situated in the middle of an ocean basin.
Concise Oxford English vocab
MID-OCEAN RIDGE — Срединно-океанический хребет
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
MID-OCEAN RIDGE — подводный хребет в открытом океане
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь морских терминов
RIDGE — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Blue Ridge Mid Atlantic Ridge {{link=oceanic ridge">oceanic ridge
Английский словарь Британика
OCEAN — I Large, continuous body of salt water. Ocean covers nearly 71% of the Earth's surface and is divided into major …
Английский словарь Британика
RIDGE — I. ˈrij noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English rigge, from Old English hrycg; akin to Old High German hrukki …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MID — I. ˈmid adjective Etymology: Middle English mid, midde, from Old English midd, midde; akin to Old High German mitti mid, …
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OCEAN — ˈōshən noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English occean, from Old French, from Latin oceanus from Greek …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
RIDGE — (v. t.) To form a ridge of; to furnish with a ridge or ridges; to make into a ridge or …
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OCEAN — (a.) Of or pertaining to the main or great sea; as, the ocean waves; an ocean stream.
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OCEAN — (n.) An immense expanse; any vast space or quantity without apparent limits; as, the boundless ocean of eternity; an ocean …
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MID — (superl.) Occupying a middle position; middle; as, the mid finger; the mid hour of night.
Английский словарь Webster
RIDGE — ( v. t. ) To form a ridge of; to furnish with a ridge or ridges; to make into a …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MID — ( superl. ) Occupying a middle position; middle; as, the mid finger; the mid hour of night.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
RIDGE — — ridgelike , adj. /rij/ , n. , v. , ridged, ridging . n. 1. a long, narrow elevation of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MID- — a combining form representing mid 1 in compound words: midday; mid-Victorian. [ ME, OE; see MID 1 ]
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MID — mid 1 /mid/ , adj. 1. being at or near the middle point of: in mid autumn. 2. being or …
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RIDGE — I. ˈrij noun Etymology: Middle English rigge, from Old English hrycg; akin to Old High German hrukki ridge, back Date: …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MID — I. ˈmid adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English midde; akin to Old High German mitti middle, Latin medius, Greek …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
OCEAN — noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English occean, from Anglo-French, from Latin oceanus, from Greek Õkeanos, a river thought of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
RIDGE — vt to wrinkle. 2. ridge ·noun the back, or top of the back; a crest. 3. ridge ·vt to form …
Webster English vocab
OCEAN — adj of or pertaining to the main or great sea; as, the ocean waves; an ocean stream. 2. ocean ·noun …
Webster English vocab
MID — noun middle. 2. mid ·prep ·see amid. 3. mid ·superl denoting the middle part; as, in mid ocean. 4. mid …
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RIDGE — [ridge] n [ME rigge, fr. OE hrycg; akin to OHG hrukki ridge, back] (bef. 12c) 1: an elevated body part …
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OCEAN — [ocean] n, often attrib [ME occean, fr. L oceanus, fr. Gk Okeanos, a river thought of as encircling the earth, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
OCEAN — continuous body of salt water that is contained in enormous basins on the Earth's surface. It covers about 362,000,000 square …
Britannica English vocabulary
OCEAN — county, east-central New Jersey, U.S., bounded by the Metedeconk River to the north, the Manasquan River to the northeast, and …
Britannica English vocabulary
RIDGE — ridge, Ridge BrE AmE rɪdʒ ▷ ridged rɪdʒd ▷ ridges ˈrɪdʒ ɪz -əz ▷ ridging ˈrɪdʒ ɪŋ
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
MID — mid BrE AmE mɪd ▶ ˌ Mid Gla ˈ morgan BrE AmE
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
RIDGE — / rɪdʒ; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. a narrow area of high land along the top of …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OCEAN — / ˈəʊʃn; NAmE ˈoʊʃn/ noun 1. (usually the ocean ) [ sing. ] ( especially NAmE ) the mass of …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
RIDGE — ridge /rɪdʒ/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: hrycg ] 1 . a long area of …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OCEAN — o ‧ cean S3 W2 /ˈəʊʃ ə n $ ˈoʊ-/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Latin ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MID- — mid- /mɪd/ BrE AmE prefix [ Language: Old English ; Origin: midde ] middle: a young woman in her mid-twenties …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
RIDGE — n. & v. --n. 1 the line of the junction of two surfaces sloping upwards towards each other (the ridge …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MID — attrib.adj. 1 (usu. in comb.) that is the middle of (in mid-air; from mid-June to mid-July). 2 that is in …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
RIDGE — n. & v. n. 1 the line of the junction of two surfaces sloping upwards towards each other (the ridge …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MID — attrib.adj. 1 (usu. in comb.) that is the middle of (in mid-air; from mid-June to mid-July). 2 that is in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
RIDGE — n. & v. --n. 1. the line of the junction of two surfaces sloping upwards towards each other (the ridge …
Oxford English vocab
MID — 1. attrib.adj. 1. (usu. in comb.) that is the middle of (in mid-air; from mid-June to mid-July). 2 that is …
Oxford English vocab
RIDGE — ( ridges) 1. A ridge is a long, narrow piece of raised land. N-COUNT 2. A ridge is a raised …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OCEAN — ( oceans) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. The ocean is the …
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MID- — Mid- is used to form nouns or adjectives that refer to the middle part of a particular period of time, …
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RIDGE — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE high ▪ Despite a decent map it had become obvious that we were approaching …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
OCEAN — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a sea/ocean breeze ▪ The boats were moving up and down in the sea breeze. …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MID- — prefix EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Let's meet again mid-week. ▪ She's in her mid-20s. ▪ The house was built …
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MID — preposition COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES early/mid/late eighties ▪ Hilda Simpson was a woman in her early eighties. early/mid/late fifties ▪ …
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RIDGE — [noun] [C] - a long narrow raised part of a surface, esp. a high edge along a mountainWe walked along …
Cambridge English vocab
OCEAN — [noun] [U] - a very large area of seaThese mysterious creatures live at the bottom of the ocean.The word 'Ocean' …
Cambridge English vocab
OCEAN — n. ocean perch Arctic Ocean Atlantic Ocean Indian Ocean ocean current ocean liner Pacific Ocean
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
OCEAN — n. Large, continuous body of salt water. Ocean covers nearly 71% of the Earth's surface and is divided into major …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
RIDGE — n. Blue Ridge Blue Ridge Mountains Mid Atlantic Ridge oceanic ridge
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
OCEAN — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ deep ▪ vast ▪ great ▪ a vessel which can explore the depths of the great ~s …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
OCEAN — Generally, the whole body of salt water which covers nearly three fourths of the surface of the globe. The average …
Environmental Engineering English vocabulary
OCEAN — сущ. 1) а) мировой океан (вся совокупность водных ресурсов планеты) б) океан (Тихий, Атлантический, Северный-Ледовитый, Индийский) across the ocean ≈ …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
MID- — прист. в середине mid-August ≈ в середине августа mid-ocean ≈ открытый океан mid-Atlantic ≈ посередине атлантического океана; нечто, характерное как …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
MID — прил. 1) срединный, средний in mid air ≈ высоко в воздухе in mid course ≈ в пути from mid September …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
RIDGE — ridge.ogg 1. rıdʒ n 1. 1> горный кряж, горный хребет; гряда гор 2> водораздел 2. гребень горы 3. рубчик ( …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
OCEAN — ocean.ogg ʹəʋʃ(ə)n n 1. океан; мировой океан ocean basin - бассейн океана ocean chart - карта океана ocean monster - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
MID — _I 1. mıd n уст. середина 2. mıd a 1. средний, серединный in mid air - между небом и землёй; …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
RIDGE — 1) выступ; гребень 2) ус ( продольный выступ из переполнения калибра металлом ) 3) мн. ч. метал. волнистость полосы 4) …
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