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Definition of Morainic

1. a. Of or pertaining to a moranie.

Definition of Morainic

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to a moraine. ¹

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Definition of Morainic

1. moraine [adj] - See also: moraine

Lexicographical Neighbors of Morainic

Literary usage of Morainic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Great Ice Age and Its Relation to the Antiquity of Man by James Geikie (1894)
"... lakes - morainic accumulations in mountain-valleys. WE have now discussed the character of the more or less incoherent accumulations of gravel, sand, ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1899)
"... leaving the lake and morainic country at Windsor Junction, until well on toward the Strait of Canso, where a few morainic accumulations were noted. ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1899)
"Few surface boulders are seen along the railroad line after leaving the lake and morainic country at Windsor Junction, until well on toward the Strait of ..."

4. Final Report by New Jersey Geological Survey (1902)
"Not only may morainic plains and valley trains grade into kame areas at their ... Deltas and subaqueous morainic plains.—The waters which issued from the ..."

5. Papers and Notes on the Glacial Geology of Great Britain and Ireland by Henry Carvill Lewis, Henry William Crosskey (1894)
"III ON SOME IMPORTANT EXTRA-morainic LAKES IN CENTRAL ENGLAND, NORTH AMERICA, ... These morainic lakes may be divided into inter-morainic lakes, ..."

6. Papers and Notes on the Glacial Geology of Great Britain and Ireland by Henry Carvill Lewis, Henry William Crosskey (1894)
"These morainic lakes may be divided into inter-morainic lakes, moraine meres, and extra-morainic lakes, according to their position—back of, in, ..."

7. Geology and Mineral Resources of the Hennepin and La Salle Quadrangles by Gilbert Haven Cady, Geological Survey (U.S.) (1919)
"morainic HILLS Above the general upland surface rise several ridges ... They are regarded as weak morainic ridges. Two belts of moraines are discernible. ..."

8. The Geology of Wayne County, Ohio by Guy Woolard Conrey (1921)
"Minor morainic Areas on the Ground Moraine Numerous small isolated areas with marked morainic topography exist between the main morainic system and the ..."

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