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单词 nappe
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nappe

[ nap ]
/ næp /

noun

Geology. a large mass of rock thrust a considerable distance along a nearly horizontal fault plane or in an overturned anticlinal fold.
Geometry. one of the two equal sections of a cone.

Origin of nappe

1905–10, Americanism;<French: literally, tablecloth, cloth; Old French nappe, nape<Latin mappa;cf. napkin

Words nearby nappe

Napoleonic Wars, Napoleon II, Napoleon III, Napoli, nappa, nappe, napper, napping, nappy, nappy rash, naprapathy
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British Dictionary definitions for nappe

nappe
/ (næp) /

noun

a large sheet or mass of rock, commonly a recumbent fold, that has been thrust from its original position by earth movements
the sheet of water that flows over a dam or weir
geometry either of the two parts into which a cone (sense 2) is divided by the vertex

Word Origin for nappe

C20: from French: tablecloth
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