FAULT-LINE SCARP

Meaning of FAULT-LINE SCARP in English

noun

: a cliff or escarpment resulting from the erosion of soft rock that has been brought against hard rock by faulting

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

FAULT-LINE SCARP — A steep slope produced along an old fault line by differential weathering and erosion, rather than by fault movement.
Environmental Engineering English vocabulary
SCARP — scarpe (-at)
English interlingue dictionary
SCARP — noun Etymology: Italian ~a Date: 1589 the inner side of a ditch below the parapet of a fortification, 2. a …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SCARP — I. noun or scarpe ˈskärp ( -s ) Etymology: Old North French escarpe sash, sling — more at scarf heraldry …
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LINE — I. ˈlīn noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English līn — more at linen 1. a. archaic …
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FAULT — I. ˈfȯlt, archaic ˈfȯt noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English faute, faulte, from Old French faute, from (assumed) Vulgar …
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SCARP — (v. t.) To cut down perpendicularly, or nearly so; as, to scarp the face of a ditch or a rock.
Английский словарь Webster
SCARP — (n.) A steep descent or declivity.
Английский словарь Webster
SCARP — (n.) The slope of the ditch nearest the parapet; the escarp.
Английский словарь Webster
SCARP — (n.) A band in the same position as the bend sinister, but only half as broad as the latter.
Английский словарь Webster
SCARP — ( v. t. ) To cut down perpendicularly, or nearly so; as, to scarp the face of a ditch or …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SCARP — ( n. ) The slope of the ditch nearest the parapet; the escarp.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SCARP — ( n. ) A steep descent or declivity.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SCARP — ( n. ) A band in the same position as the bend sinister, but only half as broad as the …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SCARP — /skahrp/ , n. 1. a line of cliffs formed by the faulting or fracturing of the earth's crust; an escarpment. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LINE — line 1 — linable, lineable , adj. — lineless , adj. — linelike , adj. /luyn/ , n. , v. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FAULT — /fawlt/ , n. 1. a defect or imperfection; flaw; failing: a fault in the brakes; a fault in one's character. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SCARP — v. form a steep slope, form a cliff
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SCARP — n. steep cliff caused by erosion or by a major shift in the earth's crust; inner slope of the trench …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
FAULT — I. ˈfȯlt, in poetry also ˈfȯt noun Etymology: Middle English faute, falte, from Anglo-French, from Vulgar Latin * fallita, from …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SCARP — noun Etymology: Italian scarpa Date: 1589 1. : the inner side of a ditch below the parapet of a fortification …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SCARP — noun a steep descent or declivity. 2. scarp ·noun the slope of the ditch nearest the parapet; the escarp. 3. …
Webster English vocab
LINE
Webster English vocab
FAULT — noun defect; want; lack; default. 2. fault ·noun a lost scent; act of losing the scent. 3. fault ·noun a …
Webster English vocab
SCARP — ■ noun a very steep bank or slope; an e~ment. ↘the inner wall of a ditch in a fortification. ■ …
Concise Oxford English vocab
SCARP — [scarp] n [It scarpa] (1589) 1: the inner side of a ditch below the parapet of a fortification 2. a: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FAULT — [fault] n [ME faute, fr. MF, fr. (assumed) VL fallita, fr. fem. of fallitus, pp. of L fallere to deceive, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
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
SCARP — scarp BrE AmE skɑːp AmE skɑːrp ▷ scarped skɑːpt AmE skɑːrpt ▷ scarping ˈskɑːp ɪŋ AmE ˈskɑːrp ɪŋ ▷ scarps …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SCARP — / skɑːp; NAmE skɑːrp/ noun ( technical ) a very steep slope •• WORD ORIGIN late 16th cent. (with reference …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LINE
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FAULT — / fɔːlt; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun RESPONSIBILITY 1. [ U ] fault (that ... ) | fault …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SCARP — scarp /skɑːp $ skɑːrp/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1500-1600 ; Language: Italian ; Origin: scarpa ] a line …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LINE — I. line 1 S1 W1 /laɪn/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Origin: Partly from Old French ligne , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FAULT — I. fault 1 S2 W3 /fɔːlt $ fɒːlt/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Word Family: adjective : ↑ faultless , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SCARP — n. & v. --n. 1 the inner wall or slope of a ditch in a fortification (cf. COUNTERSCARP). 2 a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LINE — n. & v. --n. 1 a continuous mark or band made on a surface (drew a line). 2 use of …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FAULT — n. & v. --n. 1 a defect or imperfection of character or of structure, appearance, etc. 2 a break or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SCARP — n. & v. n. 1 the inner wall or slope of a ditch in a fortification (cf. COUNTERSCARP). 2 a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LINE — n. & v. n. 1 a continuous mark or band made on a surface (drew a line). 2 use of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FAULT — n. & v. n. 1 a defect or imperfection of character or of structure, appearance, etc. 2 a break or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SCARP — n. & v. --n. 1. the inner wall or slope of a ditch in a fortification (cf. COUNTERSCARP). 2 a …
Oxford English vocab
LINE — 1. n. & v. --n. 1. a continuous mark or band made on a surface (drew a line). 2 use …
Oxford English vocab
FAULT — n. & v. --n. 1. a defect or imperfection of character or of structure, appearance, etc. 2 a break or …
Oxford English vocab
LINE — ( lines, lining, lined) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. A line …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FAULT — ( faults, faulting, faulted) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. If a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SCARP — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Also, the short scarps opposite the Caloris impact could be the result of seismic waves …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LINE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a boundary line ▪ There was some disagreement about the exact position of the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FAULT — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a design fault/flaw (= a part of something that does not work well or …
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SCARP
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SCARP — noun
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
SCARP — noun Scarp is used after these nouns: ↑ fault
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
LINE — INDEX: 1. a line on paper 2. a line of colour 3. a line on the ground or on the …
Longman Activator English vocab
FAULT — See ↑ FAULT 1,2 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be at fault • ↑ be not sb's fault • ↑ be sb's …
Longman Activator English vocab
FAULT — INDEX: something wrong 1. something wrong with a machine, system, plan etc 2. a fault in someone’s character when somebody …
Longman Activator English vocab
FAULT — (Geology) A fracture in rock along which movement can be demonstrated. A fracture in the earth's crust forming a boundary …
Environmental Engineering English vocabulary
SCARP — 1. сущ. 1) откос, обрыв 2) воен. эскарп 2. гл. 1) скашивать, делать отвесным 2) воен. эскарпировать (военное) (строительство) эскарп; …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LINE — I 1. сущ. 1) а) линия, черта; штрих to draw a line ≈ провести линию fine, thin line ≈ тонкая …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FAULT — 1. сущ. 1) а) прям. перен. дефект, недостаток An essential fault of the Pythagorean theory. ≈ Существенный недостаток пифагорейской теории. …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SCARP — scarp.ogg 1. skɑ:p n 1. воен. , стр. эскарп; крутой откос 2. геол. уступ 2. skɑ:p v 1. делать отвесным …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
LINE — line.ogg _I 1. laın n 1. 1> линия ( тж. мат. ) straight bent, curved line - прямая изогнутая, кривая …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
FAULT — fault.ogg 1. fɔ:lt n 1. недостаток, дефект an essential fault in /of/ a theory - существенный недостаток теории a fault …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
LINE — 1) линия || проводить линии, линовать 2) матем. прямая 3) черта; штрих || штриховать 4) контур, очертание 5) кривая ( …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
FAULT — 1) повреждение; отказ; неисправность; неполадка 2) дефект 3) ошибка 4) сдвиг ( горной породы ) 5) короткое замыкание; обрыв; нарушение …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь

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