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DIAPIR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does diapir mean?
• DIAPIR (noun)
The noun DIAPIR has 1 sense:
1. a domed rock formation where a core of rock has moved upward and pierced through the more brittle overlying strata
Familiarity information: DIAPIR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A domed rock formation where a core of rock has moved upward and pierced through the more brittle overlying strata
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("diapir" is a kind of...):
formation; geological formation ((geology) the geological features of the earth)
Domain category:
geology (a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks)
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