PRESSURE RIDGE


Meaning of PRESSURE RIDGE in English

1. a ridge produced on floating ice by buckling or crushing under lateral pressure of wind or ice.

2. Geol. a ridge produced on a congealing lava flow by pressure from the still-liquid interior.

[ 1895-1900 ]

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