Definition of graben in English:

graben

nounPlural grabens ˈɡrɑːb(ə)nˈɡrɑbən

Geology

An elongated block of the earth's crust lying between two faults and displaced downwards relative to the blocks on either side, as in a rift valley.
Example sentencesExamples
- The fault discovered by the team begins near the Swiss Jura mountains south of Basel and extends nearly five miles northeasterly through the Rhine graben, a valley near the city's southern edge.
- These faults bound horsts, grabens and tilted blocks.
- The area is characterized by a series of low-relief Jurassic horsts and graben.
- A graben is a down-dropped block of the crust resulting from extension, or pulling, of the crust.
- Earlier workers typically regarded the Messaras basin as a simple east-west-trending graben.

Origin

Late 19th century: from German Graben 'a ditch'.

Rhymes

carbon, chlorofluorocarbon, hydrocarbon, Laban, radiocarbon

Definition of graben in US English:

graben

nounˈɡrɑbənˈɡräbən

Geology

An elongated block of the earth's crust lying between two faults and displaced downward relative to the blocks on either side, as in a rift valley.
Example sentencesExamples
- The area is characterized by a series of low-relief Jurassic horsts and graben.
- Earlier workers typically regarded the Messaras basin as a simple east-west-trending graben.
- The fault discovered by the team begins near the Swiss Jura mountains south of Basel and extends nearly five miles northeasterly through the Rhine graben, a valley near the city's southern edge.
- These faults bound horsts, grabens and tilted blocks.
- A graben is a down-dropped block of the crust resulting from extension, or pulling, of the crust.

Origin

Late 19th century: from German Graben ‘a ditch’.

单词	graben
释义	Definition of graben in English: graben nounPlural grabens ˈɡrɑːb(ə)nˈɡrɑbən Geology An elongated block of the earth's crust lying between two faults and displaced downwards relative to the blocks on either side, as in a rift valley. Example sentencesExamples The fault discovered by the team begins near the Swiss Jura mountains south of Basel and extends nearly five miles northeasterly through the Rhine graben, a valley near the city's southern edge. These faults bound horsts, grabens and tilted blocks. The area is characterized by a series of low-relief Jurassic horsts and graben. A graben is a down-dropped block of the crust resulting from extension, or pulling, of the crust. Earlier workers typically regarded the Messaras basin as a simple east-west-trending graben. Origin Late 19th century: from German Graben 'a ditch'. Rhymes carbon, chlorofluorocarbon, hydrocarbon, Laban, radiocarbon Definition of graben in US English: graben nounˈɡrɑbənˈɡräbən Geology An elongated block of the earth's crust lying between two faults and displaced downward relative to the blocks on either side, as in a rift valley. Example sentencesExamples The area is characterized by a series of low-relief Jurassic horsts and graben. Earlier workers typically regarded the Messaras basin as a simple east-west-trending graben. The fault discovered by the team begins near the Swiss Jura mountains south of Basel and extends nearly five miles northeasterly through the Rhine graben, a valley near the city's southern edge. These faults bound horsts, grabens and tilted blocks. A graben is a down-dropped block of the crust resulting from extension, or pulling, of the crust. Origin Late 19th century: from German Graben ‘a ditch’.
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