| 单词 | master joint |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmaster joint master joint n. Geology a principal joint in a rock mass. ΚΠ 1835 A. Sedgwick in Trans. Geol. Soc. 3 483 We might expect..to find many great ‘master joints’, nearly at right angles to the direction of the granitic ridge of Cornwall. 1839 R. I. Murchison Silurian Syst. i. xx. 244 The surprising regularity of the direction of the master joints. 1879 Encycl. Brit. X. 297/2 Granite..is traversed by two sets of chief or ‘master-joints’. 1946 L. D. Stamp Britain's Struct. & Scenery vii. 63 In the latter case the major series is known as that of the master joints. 1984 Tectonics 3 27/2 The formation of a swarm of NE striking master joints and lineaments. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。