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| Domain | Definition |
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 | A. That variety of foliation along which there has been visible displacement, usually shown by bedding that is cut by the cleavage. Such displacements are commonly shown along many adjacent cleavage planes b. Microscopic folding and fracture accompanied by slippage; quarrymen's false cleavage. c. S. Wales. The cleat of coal in planes parallel with slips or faults. d. A type of cleavage that is superposed on slaty cleavage or schistosity, and is characterized by finite spacing of cleavage planes between which occur thin, tabular bodies of rock displaying a crenulated cross-lamination. Syn:shear cleavage; strain cleavage;strain-slip cleavage; close-joints cleavage. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: SLIP CLEAVAGE |
| Specialty definitions using "SLIP CLEAVAGE": false cleavage. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "SLIP CLEAVAGE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | vals breukvlak (close-joints cleavage, crenulation cleavage, shear cleavage, strain-slip cleavage). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Finnish | rakoilu (close-joints cleavage, crenulation cleavage, shear cleavage, strain-slip cleavage), metaklastinen liuskeisuus (close-joints cleavage, crenulation cleavage, shear cleavage, strain-slip cleavage), loksahdusrakoilu (close-joints cleavage, crenulation cleavage, shear cleavage, strain-slip cleavage). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | faux clivage. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | verworfene Spaltung (close-joints cleavage, crenulation cleavage, shear cleavage, strain-slip cleavage), verfälschte Spaltung (close-joints cleavage, crenulation cleavage, shear cleavage, strain-slip cleavage). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | δευτερογενής σχιστότητα πετρώματος (close-joints cleavage, crenulation cleavage, shear cleavage, strain-slip cleavage). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | sfaldatura da scorrimento (close-joints cleavage, crenulation cleavage, shear cleavage, strain-slip cleavage). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ipslay eavageclay falsa clivagem (close-joints cleavage, crenulation cleavage, shear cleavage, strain-slip cleavage). (various references) falso crucero (close-joints cleavage, crenulation cleavage, shear cleavage, strain-slip cleavage), falso clivaje (close-joints cleavage, crenulation cleavage, shear cleavage, strain-slip cleavage). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-e-g-i-l-l-p-s-v" | |
-3 letters: callipees, cavallies, cleavages, elegiacal. | |
-4 letters: allspice, calipees, callipee, cleavage, elegiacs, especial, galilees, legacies, legalise, pelagial, pillages, salvagee, spillage, villages. | |
-5 letters: agapeic, alleges, apicals, calipee, cleaves, eclipse, elegiac, ellipse, epigeal, galilee, gallies, gavials, glacial, glaives, lavages, paellas, palaces, peavies, pelages, pelagic, pelvics, pillage, plaices, salvage, scalage, scalpel, selvage, spacial, special, spiegel, vesicae, vesical, vesicle. | |
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