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Definition of Massif
1. Noun. A block of the earth's crust bounded by faults and shifted to form peaks of a mountain range.
Specialized synonyms: Massif Central
Group relationships: Chain, Chain Of Mountains, Mountain Chain, Mountain Range, Range, Range Of Mountains
Definition of Massif
1. Noun. A principal mountain mass. ¹
2. Noun. A block of the earth's crust bounded by faults or flexures and displaced as a unit without internal change; normally consists of gneisses and schists ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Massif
1. a principal mountain mass [n -S]
Literary usage of Massif
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"The principal folding took place towards the close of the Carboniferous period,
and the massif is a fragment of an ancient mountain chain, ..."
2. Permafrost: Second International Conference, July 13-28, 1973 : USSR by Frederick J. Sanger, Peter J. Hyde (1978)
"The Bohemian massif in the Pleistocene was in the zone of continental glaciation,
that is, it was subjected to the effects of the periglacial climate. ..."
3. The Scenery of Switzerland and the Causes to which it is Due by John Lubbock (1896)
"CHAPTER XVI THE massif OF MONT BLANC II ya dans la nature comme dans lea arts des
... THE massif of Mont Blanc is elliptical in outline, about 30 miles in ..."
4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1890)
"Amongst the more striking hills outside the massif of the Lake District are
Wilbert Fell, Roman Fell, Murton Pike (1949 feet), Dufton Pike (1578 feet), ..."
5. Battlefields of the World War, Western and Southern Fronts: A Study in by Douglas Wilson Johnson (1921)
"128—Tne Monte Pasubio massif as seen from an airplane, showing the spectacular
surroundings of the battle front on the Alpine heights. ..."
6. Mont Blanc: A Treatise on Its Geodisical and Geological Constitution; Its by Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc (1877)
"Upheaval of the massif of Mont Blanc ... 15 2. Planes of contraction of the ...
Longitudinal and transverse sections of the massif . 29 9. ..."
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