/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 ]
/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 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012