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Definition of Moving ridge
1. Noun. One of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water).
Generic synonyms: Motion, Movement
Specialized synonyms: Breaker, Breakers, Surf, Backwash, Wake, Swash, Riffle, Ripple, Rippling, Wavelet, Crestless Wave, Swell, Lift, Rise, Billow, Surge, Tidal Wave, Tidal Wave, Tsunami, Roll, Roller, Rolling Wave, Comber, White Horse, Whitecap
Derivative terms: Wavelet
Lexicographical Neighbors of Moving Ridge
Literary usage of Moving ridge
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Friendly Arctic: The Story of Five Years in Polar Regions by Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1921)
"... the size of the ice cakes in comparison with our tent and ourselves, and you
could gather what would take place in the path of that moving ridge. ..."
2. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1909)
"The zone of maximum ore-deposition, therefore, advanced closely upon the constantly
moving ridge. The conditions above described remained constant until ..."
3. Bi-monthly Bulletin of the American Institute of Mining Engineers by American Institute of Mining Engineers (1903)
"The zone of maximum ore-deposition, therefore, advanced closely upon the constantly
moving ridge. The conditions above described remained constant until ..."
4. The Comet: Or, The Aerth, in Her Varied Phases, Past, Present and Future, as (1869)
"The motion thus communicated to this mass of water, has raised a large mass or
moving ridge of water, which cannot expend its forces acquired, ..."
5. The Friendly Arctic: The Story of Five Years in Polar Regions by Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1921)
"... the size of the ice cakes in comparison with our tent and ourselves, and you
could gather what would take place in the path of that moving ridge. ..."
6. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1909)
"The zone of maximum ore-deposition, therefore, advanced closely upon the constantly
moving ridge. The conditions above described remained constant until ..."
7. Bi-monthly Bulletin of the American Institute of Mining Engineers by American Institute of Mining Engineers (1903)
"The zone of maximum ore-deposition, therefore, advanced closely upon the constantly
moving ridge. The conditions above described remained constant until ..."
8. The Comet: Or, The Aerth, in Her Varied Phases, Past, Present and Future, as (1869)
"The motion thus communicated to this mass of water, has raised a large mass or
moving ridge of water, which cannot expend its forces acquired, ..."
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