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Definition of Moraine

1. Noun. Accumulated earth and stones deposited by a glacier.

Definition of Moraine

1. n. An accumulation of earth and stones carried forward and deposited by a glacier.

Definition of Moraine

1. Noun. An accumulation of rocks and debris carried and deposited by a glacier. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Moraine

1. an accumulation of debris deposited by a glacier [n -S] : MORAINAL, MORAINIC [adj]

Medical Definition of Moraine

1. An accumulation of earth and stones carried forward and deposited by a glacier. If the moranie is at the extremity of the glacier it is a terminal moranie; if at the side, a lateral moranie; if parallel to the side on the central portion of the glacier, a medial moranie. In the last case it is formed by the union of the lateral moranies of the branches of the glacier. A ground moranie is one beneath the mass of ice. Origin: F. Cf. Prov. G. Mur stones broken off, It. Mora a heap of stones, hillock, G. Murbe soft, broken up, OHG. Muruwi, AS. Mearu tender, Gr. To cause to wither, Skr. Mla to relax. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Moraine

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

1. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1906)
"The topography of the terminal moraine is often strongly developed, even where the moraine as a whole does not appear as a distinct ridge.1 The surface of ..."

2. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1906)
"The topography of the terminal moraine is often strongly developed, even where the moraine as a whole does not appear as a distinct ridge.1 The surface of ..."

3. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1906)
"The topography of the terminal moraine is often strongly developed, even where the moraine as a whole does not appear as a distinct ridge.1 The surface of ..."

4. Physiography by Rollin D. Salisbury (1907)
"The terminal moraine. The belt of thick drift accumulated beneath the end of a valley glacier or beneath the edge of an ice-cap is a terminal moraine. ..."

5. Elements of Geology: A Text-book for Colleges and for the General Reader by Joseph LeConte (1896)
"Fragments of such a moraine have been found along this limit, ... Its moraine is not very distinct now, and probably never was so distinct as that at the ..."

6. Annual ReportRailroads - (1873)
"On the one side the moraine lies wholly on the plain, on the other side its upper part lies against the slope of Mount, Tal lac. ..."

7. The Journal of Geology by University of Chicago Department of Geology and Paleontology (1905)
"It is not in as marked contrast with the younger drift as the belt of older moraine north of Lake Creek, and there might be some doubt as to its ..."

8. Papers and Notes on the Glacial Geology of Great Britain and Ireland by Henry Carvill Lewis, Henry William Crosskey (1894)
"In the moraine the boulders are almost all more or less rounded, and sometimes traces of ... The natural character of the moraine is •well shown near Ober ..."

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