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Definition: Hardpan |
HardpanNoun1. Crust or layer of hard subsoil encrusted with calcium-carbonate occurring in arid or semiarid regions. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Building & Civil Engineering | A)generally, any hard and/or compact(ed)layer; b)more particularly, a chemically indurated layer, the soil particles being cemented with organic matter, SiO2, sesquioxides or CaCO3. Source: European Union. (references) |
Food & Agriculture | A formation which occurs by precipitation of dissolved materials, such as calcium carbonate or silica, at certain depths below the surface year after year. When this accumulation takes place, the subsoil is more or less firmly cemented and limits downward movement of water. This formation does not soften when wetted by water. Source: European Union. (references) |
Geography | Massive indurated ironstone capping occurring at the top of a laterite profile which covers considerable areas and represents a level of Pleitocene peneplanation. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A. A layer of gravel encountered in the digging of a gold placer, occurring 1 to 2 m below the ground surface and partly cemented with limonite b. A popular term used loosely to designate any relatively hard layer that is difficult to excavate or drill; e.g., a thin resistant layer of limestone interbedded with easily drilled soft shales e.g., a thin resistant layer of limestone interbedded with easily drilled soft shales. (references) |
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Synonym: HardpanSynonym: caliche (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Base | Noun: base, basement; plinth, dado, wainscot; baseboard, mopboard; bedrock, hardpan; foundation; (support); substructure, substratum, ground, earth, pavement, floor, paving, flag, carped, ground floor, deck; footing, ground work, basis; hold, bilge. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Hardpan |
| Specialty definitions using "hardpan": lime pan ♦ ortstein. (references) |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
hardpan | 6 |
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| Language | Translations for "hardpan"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | hårdt jordlag (pan), kompakt horizont (pan, softpan), furebund (furrow sole, pan, plough pan, plow sole, pressure pan, sole, tillage pan), duricrust (concrete bed, duricrust), bunden af plovfuren (furrow sole, pan, plough pan, plow sole, pressure pan, sole, tillage pan), al (Albania, all, all the, aluminium, each, every, every one, everybody, everyone, ortstein, pan, podzolic layer, Republic of Albania). (various references) | |
Dutch | verharde horizont (pan, softpan), verdichtingshorizont (pan, softpan), podzollaag (ortstein, podzolic layer), podzolbank (ortstein, podzolic layer), podzolachtige laag (ortstein, podzolic layer), ploegzool (furrow sole, leg, pan, plough pan, plow sole, pressure pan, shank, sole, standard, tillage pan), oerlaag (ortstein, pan, podzolic layer), oerbank (iron pan, ortstein, pan, podzolic layer), duricrust (concrete bed, duricrust), B-horizont (pan, softpan), bank (all-purpose commercial bank, bank, banking institution, bed, bench, easel, layer, library, pan, riffle, sand bank, sandbank, sandbar, shallow place, softpan, stratum, tressle, work bench, workbench). (various references) | |
Finnish | haihtumiskuori (concrete bed, duricrust), rikastumiskerros (ortstein, podzolic layer), rautapalsi (iron pan, ortstein, podzolic layer), podsolin kasaantumistaso (ortstein, podzolic layer), podsolin B-taso (ortstein, podzolic layer), palsi (ortstein, pan, podzolic layer), kasaantumiskerros (ortstein, podzolic layer), illuviaalitaso (ortstein, podzolic layer), illuviaalikerros (ortstein, podzolic layer), anturamaa (ortstein, pan, podzolic layer, softpan), antura (ortstein, pan, podzolic layer, sole, sole-plate). (various references) | |
French | horizon induré, terrain dur, sole, semelle de labour, plancher de labour, ortstein, fond de sillon, fond de la raie, croûte concrétionnée, argile compacte. (various references) | |
German | Verhärtungshorizont (pan, softpan), Verdichtungshorizont (pan, softpan), Ortstein (ortstein, podzolic layer), ortgestein, Orterde (ortstein, podzolic layer), Konkretionskruste (concrete bed, duricrust), B-Horizont (pan, softpan). (various references) | |
Greek | orstein (ortstein, podzolic layer), σκληρός σιδηρούχος ορίζων συσσωρεύσεως (ortstein, podzolic layer), συγκριματικός φλοιός (concrete bed, duricrust), συμπαγής ορίζων (pan, softpan), τσιμεντοποιημένο εδαφικό στρώμα (pan, softpan). (various references) | |
Italian | suola (bottom, furrow sole, ground plate, hearth, pan, plough pan, plow sole, pressure pan, shoe, slade, soil grouser, sole, sole-plate, tillage pan, track plate, track shoe, working bottom), ortstein (ortstein, podzolic layer), orterde (ortstein, podzolic layer), orizzonte indurito (pan, softpan), orizzonte incrostato (pan, softpan), orizzonte (horizon, pan, soil horizon, zone), fondo del solco (furrow sole, pan, plough pan, plow sole, pressure pan, sole, tillage pan), duricrust (concrete bed, duricrust), crostone (ortstein, pan, podzolic layer), crosta concrezionata (concrete bed, duricrust), crosta (cake, crust, flesh split, pan, rind, scab, scurf, split), compatto (close, compact, compactly, dense, hard, massive, pan, serried, solid, thick, void-free), cappellaccio (overburden, pan). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ardpanhay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | horizonte endurecido e/ou compactado (pan), horizonte endurecido (pan, softpan), hardpan (ortstein, podzolic layer), surraipa dura (ortstein, podzolic layer), ortstein (ortstein, podzolic layer), fundo do rego (furrow sole, pan, plough pan, plow sole, pressure pan, sole, tillage pan), crosta laterítica (concrete bed, duricrust), calo da lavoura (furrow sole, pan, plough pan, plow sole, pressure pan, sole, tillage pan). (various references) | |
Spanish | solera del surco (furrow sole, pan, plough pan, plow sole, pressure pan, sole, tillage pan), ortstein (ortstein, podzolic layer), fondo del surco (furrow sole, pan, plough pan, plow sole, pressure pan, sole, tillage pan), capa tosca (pan), capa endurecida (pan), capa dura (ortstein, pan, podzolic layer, softpan). (various references) | |
Swedish | hårdskorpa (concrete bed, duricrust), hård jordmånshorisont (pan, softpan), tät jordmånshorisont (pan, softpan), skenhälla (iron pan, ortstein, pan, podzolic layer), ortsten (iron pan, ortstein, pan, podzolic layer), lagerformad markkonkretion (pan). (various references) | |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "hardpan": hardpans. (additional references) | |
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"Hardpan" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Bhardwaj, chartpak, darpan, haidian, haldwani, hardman, Hradcany, hurdian. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-d-h-n-p-r" | |
-1 letter: dharna, pardah. | |
-2 letters: panda. | |
-3 letters: darn, haar, hand, hard, harp, nada, nard, para, pard, rand. | |
-4 letters: aah, aha, ana, and, dah, dap, had, hap, nah, nap, pad, pah, pan, par, rad, rah, ran, rap. | |
-5 letters: aa, ad, ah, an, ar, ha, na, pa. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-d-h-n-p-r" | |
+1 letter: hardpans. | |
+3 letters: panhandler, pentahedra. | |
+4 letters: arthropodan, handicapper, pachysandra, panhandlers, pentahedral, transshaped. | |
+5 letters: cardinalship, guardianship, handicappers, pachysandras, quadraphonic, spearheading. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)48 61 72 64 70 61 6E |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).... .- .-. -.. .--. .- -. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001000 01100001 01110010 01100100 01110000 01100001 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)H a r d p a n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0048 0061 0072 0064 0070 0061 006E |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)42678470826780 |
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