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QUAQUAVERSAL

Definition: QUAQUAVERSAL

QUAQUAVERSAL

Adjective

1. Dipping toward all points of the compass round a center, as beds of lava round a crater.

2. Turning or dipping in any or every direction.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Quaquaversal \Qua`qua*ver"sal\, adjective. [Latin expression quaqua wheresoever, whithersoever versus, past participle of vertere to turn.]. (Websters 1913)


Specialty Definition: QUAQUAVERSAL

DomainDefinition

Mining

Dipping outward in all directions from a central point, as a dome instratified rocks. CF:centroclinal; periclinal. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: QUAQUAVERSAL

Specialty definitions using "QUAQUAVERSAL": centroclinal. (references)

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Expressions: QUAQUAVERSAL

Expressions using "QUAQUAVERSAL": quaquaversal fold quaquaversal structure. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: QUAQUAVERSAL

Language Translations for "QUAQUAVERSAL"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

kuppelstruktur (dome, periclinal structure, quaquaversal fold, quaquaversal structure), dome (dome, periclinal structure, quaquaversal fold, quaquaversal structure). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

koepelvormige structuur (dome, periclinal structure, quaquaversal fold, quaquaversal structure). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

doomi (dome, periclinal structure, quaquaversal fold, quaquaversal structure). (various references)

   

French

  

voûte (quaquaversal fold, quaquaversal structure), structure quaquaversale (quaquaversal fold, quaquaversal structure), structure périclinale (quaquaversal fold, quaquaversal structure), dôme (quaquaversal fold, quaquaversal structure), coupole (quaquaversal fold, quaquaversal structure). (various references)

   

German

  

periklinale Faltenstruktur (dome, periclinal structure, quaquaversal fold, quaquaversal structure). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

περικλινής δομή (dome, periclinal structure, quaquaversal fold, quaquaversal structure), θόλος (arch, dome), δόμος (cupola, dome, periclinal structure, quaquaversal fold, quaquaversal structure). (various references)

   

Italian

  

struttura periclinale (dome, periclinal structure, quaquaversal fold, quaquaversal structure). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

aquaversalquay

   

Portuguese

  

estrutura em doma (dome, periclinal structure, quaquaversal fold, quaquaversal structure). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

estructura equiversal (dome, periclinal structure, quaquaversal fold, quaquaversal structure), estructura en cúpula (dome, periclinal structure, quaquaversal fold, quaquaversal structure), estructura cuacuaversal (dome, periclinal structure, quaquaversal fold, quaquaversal structure), domo (dome). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

dom (adjudication, cathedral, decree, dome, doom, finding, judgement, judgment, sentence, them, they, verdict). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "QUAQUAVERSAL"

Words rhyming with "QUAQUAVERSAL" (pronounced 'Qua`qua*ver"sal'): Aglossal, Alinasal, Animadversal, Basal, Bimensal, Bursal, Casal, Colossal, Controversal, Crissal, Forensal, Glossal, hypoglossal, Mesonasal, metatarsal, Oculonasal, Orbitonasal, Pachyglossal, Phaneroglossal, Praenasal, Predorsal, Prenasal, Prosal, Pteroglossal, sinistrorsal, Sponsal, Squamosal, Styloglossal, Subbasal, Subglossal, Subnasal, Succursal, Tussal, Unicursal, Ursal, Versal. (additional references)

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Anagrams: QUAQUAVERSAL

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-a-e-l-q-q-r-s-u-u-v"

-5 letters: quavers, uvulars, valuers.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Expressions
4. Translations: Modern
5. Rhymes
6. Anagrams
7. Bibliography


  

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