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outcrop |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Outcrop \Out"crop`\, n. (Geol.) a The coming out of a stratum to the surface of the ground. --Lyell. b That part of inclined strata which appears at the surface; basset. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Outcrop \Out*crop"\, v. i. (Geol.) To come out to the surface of the ground; -- said of strata. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: outcrop n : the part of a rock formation that appears above the surface of the surrounding land [syn: {outcropping}, {rock outcrop}] v : appear on the surface, come to the surface on the ground; "Big boulders outcropped"
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