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bedding planes

bedding planes is the plural of bedding plane.

Meaning of bedding plane

Noun

bedding plane (plural bedding planes)

  1. The planar surface between adjacent strata
    • Coal and petroleum do not occur hap-hazard in nature, but the aggregate occurrence of each product in any region forms a definite, limited horizon, which, in its continuance, is independent of the bedding plane.1940, William Plotts, Isogeotherm, Or Monist Theory of Stratified Mineral Occurrence and Origin, page 7

Questions about bedding planes

What is bedding planes the plural of?
Bedding planes is the plural of bedding plane.

Words near bedding planes in the dictionary

  1. bedding
  2. bedding down
  3. bedding in
  4. bedding out
  5. bedding plane
  6. bedding planes
  7. bedding plant
  8. bedding plants
  9. bedding surface
  10. bedding surfaces
  11. Beddingfield

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