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Definition of Rille
1. n. One of certain narrow, crooked valleys seen, by aid of the telescope, on the surface of the moon.
Definition of Rille
1. Noun. (planetology) A long, narrow depression in that resembles a channel, found on the surface of various lunar and planetary bodies. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rille
1. a valley on the moon's surface [n -S]
Medical Definition of Rille
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Rille
Literary usage of Rille
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... 1901); COLLOMBET, Histoire de la sainte église de Vienne (4 vols.. Vienne,
1847—18); MEHMET, Chronique religieuse de la rille de Vienne (Vienne, 1856). ..."
2. The Civil War in Song and Story: 1860-1865 by Frank Moore (1889)
"He elevated the piece and snapped it ; but, from some injury the rille had
received, the hammer would not fairly strike the caps, and the gun could not be ..."
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