NAPPE


Meaning of NAPPE in English

/nap/ , n.

1. Geol. a large mass of rock thrust a considerable distance along a nearly horizontal fault plane or in an overturned anticlinal fold.

2. Geom. one of the two equal sections of a cone.

[ 1905-10, Amer.; nappe, nape mappa; cf. NAPKIN ]

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