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altiplane

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al⋅ti⋅plane

[al-tuh-pleyn]
–noun Geology.
an elevated terrace or plateau sculptured by periglacial geomorphic processes.
Also, altiplano.


Origin:
1915–20; alter. of Altiplano under influence of plane 1
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