nappe
Geology. a large mass of rock thrust a considerable distance along a nearly horizontal fault plane or in an overturned anticlinal fold.
Geometry. one of the two equal sections of a cone.
Origin of nappe
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How to use nappe in a sentence
Quel foyer produit cette puissante lumire, dont les irradiations se promnent en longues nappes la surface du plateau d'Orgall?
Le chteau des Carpathes | Jules Verne
British Dictionary definitions for nappe
/ (næp) /
a large sheet or mass of rock, commonly a recumbent fold, that has been thrust from its original position by earth movements
the sheet of water that flows over a dam or weir
geometry either of the two parts into which a cone (sense 2) is divided by the vertex
Origin of nappe
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