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单词 ripple mark
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ripple mark

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noun Geology.

one of the wavy lines or ridges produced, especially on sand, by the action of waves, wind, or the like.
one of such forms preserved in sandstone or siltstone.

Origin of ripple mark

First recorded in 1825–35

Words nearby ripple mark

ripping, ripple, ripple control, ripple effect, ripplegrass, ripple mark, rippler, ripplet, ripply, riprap, rip-roaring
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Example sentences from the Web for ripple mark

  • What is known as the "ripple-mark" in sandstone surfaces may be produced in various ways.

    Logic, Inductive and Deductive|William Minto

British Dictionary definitions for ripple mark

ripple mark

noun

one of a series of small wavy ridges of sand formed by waves on a beach, by a current in a sandy riverbed, or by wind on land: sometimes found fossilized on bedding planes of sedimentary rock
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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