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peneplain

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pe⋅ne⋅plain

  [pee-nuh-pleyn, pee-nuh-pleyn]
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–noun Geology.
an area reduced almost to a plain by erosion.
Also, pe⋅ne⋅plane.

Origin:
1885–90; pene- + plain 1

Related forms:
pe⋅ne⋅pla⋅na⋅tion  [pee-nuh-pluh-ney-shuhn] , noun
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pe·ne·plain also pe·ne·plane   (pē'nə-plān')   
n.  A nearly flat land surface representing an advanced stage of erosion.

[pene-, almost (from Latin paene) + plain.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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