SHEAR CLEAVAGE

  

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SHEAR CLEAVAGE

Specialty Definition: SHEAR CLEAVAGE

DomainDefinition

Geography

Type of cleavage that is superposed on slaty cleavage or schistosity and characterised by finite spacing of cleavage planes(spaced cleavage)between which thin, tabular bodies of rock displaying a crenulated cross-lamination occur. Source: European Union. (references)

Mining

Refers to cleavage where there is displacement of preexisting surfaces across the cleavage plane by movement parallel to it.Syn:slip cleavage. (references)

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

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Modern Translation: SHEAR CLEAVAGE

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

Dutch

  

vals breukvlak (close-joints cleavage, crenulation cleavage, slip cleavage, strain-slip cleavage). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

rakoilu (close-joints cleavage, crenulation cleavage, slip cleavage, strain-slip cleavage), metaklastinen liuskeisuus (close-joints cleavage, crenulation cleavage, slip cleavage, strain-slip cleavage), loksahdusrakoilu (close-joints cleavage, crenulation cleavage, slip cleavage, strain-slip cleavage). (various references)

   

French

  

faux clivage. (various references)

   

German

  

verworfene Spaltung (close-joints cleavage, crenulation cleavage, slip cleavage, strain-slip cleavage), verfälschte Spaltung (close-joints cleavage, crenulation cleavage, slip cleavage, strain-slip cleavage). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

δευτερογενής σχιστότητα πετρώματος (close-joints cleavage, crenulation cleavage, slip cleavage, strain-slip cleavage). (various references)

   

Italian

  

sfaldatura da scorrimento (close-joints cleavage, crenulation cleavage, slip cleavage, strain-slip cleavage). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

earshay eavageclay

   

Portuguese

  

falsa clivagem (close-joints cleavage, crenulation cleavage, slip cleavage, strain-slip cleavage). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

falso crucero (close-joints cleavage, crenulation cleavage, slip cleavage, strain-slip cleavage), falso clivaje (close-joints cleavage, crenulation cleavage, slip cleavage, strain-slip cleavage). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: SHEAR CLEAVAGE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-a-c-e-e-e-g-h-l-r-s-v"

-4 letters: cleavages, leverages.

-5 letters: acreages, archaeal, averages, caravels, cervelas, cleavage, cleavers, earaches, gearcase, haverels, leachers, leverage, salvagee, salvager.

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

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INDEX

1. Translations: Modern
2. Anagrams
3. Bibliography


  

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