Geology. Applied to the operation of transverse compression on a mass of rock, resulting in alteration of structure or breach of continuity.
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| 释义 | the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > tectonization or diastrophism > [noun] > deformation under stress (7) shear1888 Geology. Applied to the operation of transverse compression on a mass of rock, resulting in alteration of structure or breach of continuity. flow1889 A gradual deformation of a solid (as rock or a metal) under stress in which it suffers a permanent change in shape without fracture or loss of… thrust-movement1890 movement caused by a thrust (3a(d)). crush1893 spec. in Geology with reference to compression, thrust, or shattering of rock, as crush-belt, crush-breccia, crush-conglomerate, crush-line, crush-mat… creep1900 Geology. (Cf. 3.) A slow displacement of strata or the earth's crust by expansion or contraction or under compressive forces. thrust1903 Mechanics, etc. A pushing force exerted by one part of a structure, etc. upon another contiguous part: spec. (a) Architecture etc. Such a force… underthrusting1908 transitive. To be forced underneath. Chiefly as underˈthrust adj.,ˈunderthrusting n. |
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