SLICKENSIDES

Meaning of SLICKENSIDES in English

noun a variety of galena found in derbyshire, england.

2. slickensides ·noun the smooth, striated, or partially polished surfaces of a fissure or seam, supposed to have been produced by the sliding of one surface on another.

Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Webster. 2012

SLICKENSIDES — (n.) A variety of galena found in Derbyshire, England.
Английский словарь Webster
SLICKENSIDES — (n.) The smooth, striated, or partially polished surfaces of a fissure or seam, supposed to have been produced by the …
Английский словарь Webster
SLICKENSIDES — ( n. ) The smooth, striated, or partially polished surfaces of a fissure or seam, supposed to have been produced …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SLICKENSIDES — ( n. ) A variety of galena found in Derbyshire, England.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SLICKENSIDES — (Geology) A smooth striated polished surface produced on rock by movement along a fault.
Environmental Engineering English vocabulary
JOINT — I In geology, a brittle fracture surface in rocks along which little or no displacement has occurred. Present in nearly …
Английский словарь Британика
SLICKENSIDE — I. ˈslikənˌsīd noun Etymology: English dialect slicken smooth (alteration of slick ) (II) + side : a smooth striated polished …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SILKENSIDES — (n.) Same as Slickensides.
Английский словарь Webster
SILKENSIDES — ( n. ) Same as Slickensides.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SILKENSIDES — noun ·same·as slickensides.
Webster English vocab
JOINT — in carpentry, junction of two or more members of a framed structure. Joinery, or the making of wooden joints, is …
Britannica English vocabulary
FAULT — in geology, fracture in the rocks of the Earth's crust, where compressional or tensional forces cause the rocks on the …
Britannica English vocabulary
JOINT — n. In geology, a brittle fracture surface in rocks along which little or no displacement has occurred. Present in nearly …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia

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