ISOSTASY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does isostasy mean? 

• ISOSTASY (noun)
  The noun ISOSTASY has 1 sense:

1. (geology) a general equilibrium of the forces tending to elevate or depress the earth's crust

  Familiarity information: ISOSTASY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ISOSTASY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(geology) a general equilibrium of the forces tending to elevate or depress the earth's crust

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("isostasy" is a kind of...):

equilibrium (a stable situation in which forces cancel one another)

Domain category:

geology (a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks)