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Definition of Outcrop
1. Noun. The part of a rock formation that appears above the surface of the surrounding land.
Specialized synonyms: Belay, Outthrust
Generic synonyms: Rock, Stone
2. Verb. Appear on the surface, come to the surface on the ground. "Big boulders outcropped"
Definition of Outcrop
1. n. The coming out of a stratum to the surface of the ground.
2. v. i. To come out to the surface of the ground; -- said of strata.
Definition of Outcrop
1. Noun. A piece of land that stands out (usually into water) from the land surrounding. ¹
2. Noun. A coming out of bedrock or of an unconsolidated deposit to the surface of the ground. ¹
3. Noun. The part of a rock formation that appears at the surface of the ground. ¹
4. Verb. (geology of a stratum) To come out to the surface of the ground. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Outcrop
1. to protrude above the soil [v -CROPPED, -CROPPING, -CROPS]
Medical Definition of Outcrop
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Outcrop
Literary usage of Outcrop
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Text-book of Geology by Archibald Geikie (1903)
"is, rise to the surface, along a perfectly level piece of ground, the outcrop
runs at a right angle to the dip. But any inequalities of the surface, ..."
2. Field Geology by Frederic Henry Lahee (1917)
"In general three things must be considered, namely, the contours, the outcrop
areas marked with different colors or patterns to represent different rocks, ..."
3. Report of the Annual Meeting (1900)
"The outcrop can be traced almost continuously from a mile west of the ...
Southwards from here the outcrop crosses a valley to the rising ground west of ..."
4. Structural and Field Geology for Students of Pure and Applied Science by James Geikie (1905)
"Forms of outcrop.—The form and direction of an outcrop naturally vary with the
... Thus, upon a steep slope, an outcrop of a stratum many feet or yards in ..."
5. The American Geologist: A Monthly Journal of Geology and Allied Sciences by Newton Horace Winchell (1905)
"The northern two-thirds of the outcrop has already been worked out and discussed
in greater or less detail, and is fairly well known, but this can hardly be ..."
6. An Introduction to Geology by William Berryman Scott (1897)
"—Effect of strike fault on outcrop. A, outcrop, such as have The repetitions of
before faulting; lì, with fault scarp standing; C, with . ..."
7. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General (1890)
"... or the outcrop may vary, or the dip rocks. _7 change, the strike will remain
... (AA) outcrop and strike coincide, but along would show the structure ..."
8. Geology of Wisconsin: Survey of 1873-1879 by Wisconsin Chief Geologist (1880)
"21 and 22, there is an outcrop of dark colored eruptive rock consisting of ...
There is also an outcrop of rather soft, coarse grained, reddish brown trap ..."
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