| 单词 | slickenside |
| 释义 | slickenside[ slik-uhn-sahyd ] / ˈslɪk ənˌsaɪd / noun Geology.a rock surface that has become more or less polished and striated by slippage along a fault plane. Origin of slickensideFirst recorded in 1760–70; slick2 + -en3 + side1 Words nearby slickensideslice of the pie, slicer, slick, slick as a whistle, slicken, slickenside, slicker, slickrock, slickster, slide, slide-action Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for slickensideslickenside / (ˈslɪkənˌsaɪd) / nouna rock surface with a polished appearance and fine parallel scratches caused by abrasion during fault displacement Word Origin for slickensideC18: from dialect slicken, variant of slick + side 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 Scientific definitions for slickensideslickenside [ slĭk′ən-sīd′ ] A polished, striated rock surface formed by one rock mass sliding over another in a fault plane. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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