- tabular dike
- Горное дело: плитообразная дайка
Универсальный англо-русский словарь. Академик.ру. 2011.
tabular dike
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dike — dike1 [dīk] n. [ME < OE dic & ON diki, akin to DITCH, Du dijk, Ger deich < IE base * dhēigw , * dhīgw , to pierce, fasten > L figere, FIX] 1. [Now Brit. Dial.] a) a ditch or watercourse b) the bank of earth thrown up in digging a ditch … English World dictionary
dike — ALASKA VOLCANO OBSERVATORY GLOSSARY A tabular igneous intrusion that cuts across the host bedrock. GLOSSARY OF VOLCANIC TERMS A discordant, sheetlike body igneous body formed from the injection of magma into a fracture within the brittle crust of … Glossary of volcanic terms
dike — dike1 diker, n. /duyk/, n., v., diked, diking. n. 1. an embankment for controlling or holding back the waters of the sea or a river: They built a temporary dike of sandbags to keep the river from flooding the town. 2. a ditch. 3. a bank of earth… … Universalium
dike — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, probably from Old Norse dīk ditch and Middle Low German dīk dam; akin to Old English dīc ditch more at ditch Date: 13th century 1. an artificial watercourse ; ditch 2. a. a bank usually of earth constructed to… … New Collegiate Dictionary
dike — [ intrusive rocks ] A tabular igneous intrusion that cuts across the bedding or foliation of the country rock. Compare: sill. GG … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
igneous rock — Any of various crystalline or glassy, noncrystalline rocks formed by the cooling and solidification of molten earth material (magma). Igneous rocks comprise one of the three principal classes of rocks, the others being metamorphic and sedimentary … Universalium
Intrusion — In geology, an intrusion is a body of igneous rock that has crystallized from molten magma below the surface of the Earth. Bodies of magma that solidify underground before they reach the surface of the earth are called plutons, named for Pluto,… … Wikipedia
dyke — I. /daɪk / (say duyk) noun 1. an embankment for restraining the waters of the sea or a river. 2. a ditch. 3. a ridge or bank of earth as thrown up in excavating. 4. a causeway. 5. an obstacle; barrier. 6. Geology a tabular body of igneous rock… …
vein — veinal, adj. veinless, adj. veinlike, adj. /vayn/, n. 1. one of the system of branching vessels or tubes conveying blood from various parts of the body to the heart. 2. (loosely) any blood vessel. 3. one of the riblike thickenings that form the… … Universalium
Kimberlite — is a type of potassic volcanic rock best known for sometimes containing diamonds. It is named after the town of Kimberley in South Africa, where the discovery of an 83.5 carat diamond in 1871 spawned a diamond rush, eventually creating the Big… … Wikipedia
South America — South American. a continent in the S part of the Western Hemisphere. 271,000,000; ab. 6,900,000 sq. mi. (17,871,000 sq. km). * * * Continent, Western Hemisphere. The world s fourth largest continent, it is bounded by the Caribbean Sea to the… … Universalium
