Definition of Diastrophic

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Diastrophic

diastereoselectivities
diastereoselectivity
diastereotopic
diasters
diastole
diastoles
diastolic
diastolic afterpotential
diastolic blood pressure
diastolic murmur
diastolic pressure
diastolic shock
diastolic thrill
diastral
diastrophic (current term)
diastrophic dwarfism
diastrophically
diastrophism
diastrophisms
diastyle
diastyles
diasystem
diasystemic
diasystems
diataxia
diatela
diatessaron
diatessarons
diathermal

Literary usage of Diastrophic

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

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1895)
"... we read in the second monograph that diastrophic mountains and diastrophic hills result essentially from the action of gradational processes on uplifted ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1895)
"... we read in the second monograph that diastrophic mountains and diastrophic hills result essentially from the action of gradational processes on uplifted ..."

3. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1917)
"The diastrophic Theory* A Contribution to the Study of the Mechanics of Oil and Gas Accumulation in Commercial Deposits BY MARCEL R. DALT,t SEATTLE, ..."

4. Description of a New Species of Sea Snake from the Philippine Islands: With by John Van Denburgh, Joseph Cheesman Thompson (1908)
"The conclusions as to the diastrophic record reached in the present study of the Temblor basin may be more concisely presented graphically in the ..."

5. Bi-monthly Bulletin of the American Institute of Mining Engineers by American Institute of Mining Engineers (1916)
"... deformations of the crust and is a direct consequence and a mechanical effect of these deformations to which the term " diastrophic " has been applied. ..."

6. Transactions by American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, Metallurgical Society of AIME, Society of Mining Engineers of AIME., Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration (U.S.). (1917)
"THE diastrophic THEORY The diastrophic Theory* A Contribution to the Study of the Mechanics of Oil and Gas Accumulation in Commercial Deposits BY MARCEL R. ..."

7. The Physiography of the United States: Ten Monographs by National Geographic Society (U.S.), J. W. Powell (1896)
"It has been shown that plateaus are sometimes partly vulcanic and partly diastrophic. As regions are lifted, vulcanic forces are aroused, ..."

Other Resources:

Search for Diastrophic on Dictionary.com!Search for Diastrophic on Thesaurus.com!Search for Diastrophic on Google!Search for Diastrophic on Wikipedia!

Search