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diapirs

diapirs is the plural of diapir.

Meaning of diapir

Noun

diapir (plural diapirs)

  1. An intrusion of a ductile rock into an overburden.
    • "If a diapir is outside an established plume it rises at a much slower rate," Loper says.29 April 1989, Nigel Henbest, “Geologists hit back at impact theory of extinctions”, in New Scientist

Questions about diapirs

What is diapirs the plural of?
Diapirs is the plural of diapir.

Words near diapirs in the dictionary

  1. diapir
  2. diapiric
  3. diapirically
  4. diapirism
  5. diapirisms
  6. diapirs
  7. diaplacental
  8. diaplasis
  9. diaplastic
  10. diaplectic
  11. diapnoic

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