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Escarpment
is always a great word to know.
So is porosity. Does it mean:
| ratio of the volume of the pores of a substance to the total volume of the mass |
| seepage of water into soil or rock |
Example Sentences
- Century barn a winding road down the escarpment to the water.
- Water runs down an escarpment towards people's homes below.
- From the harbor level the town rises to an escarpment that drops to the sea.
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Word Origin & History
escarpment
1802, from Fr. escarpment, from escarper "make into a steep slope," from escarpe "slope," from It. scarpa (see scarp).
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Science Dictionary
escarpment  (ĭ-skärp'mənt) Pronunciation Key
A steep slope or long cliff formed by erosion or by vertical movement of the Earth's crust along a fault. Escarpments separate two relatively level areas of land. The term is often used interchangeably with scarp but is more accurately associated with cliffs produced by erosional processes rather than those produced by faulting. |
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