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gelifraction

gelifraction noun: the mechanical breakup and churning of rock or soil due to repeated freezing and thawing of water within its cracks.

Noun

gelifraction

  1. The mechanical breakup and churning of rock or soil due to repeated freezing and thawing of water within its cracks

Synonyms of gelifraction

Questions about gelifraction

What does gelifraction mean?
Gelifraction means the mechanical breakup and churning of rock or soil due to repeated freezing and thawing of water within its cracks.
What part of speech is gelifraction?
Gelifraction is a noun.

Words near gelifraction in the dictionary

  1. gelifluction
  2. gelifluctional
  3. gelifluctions
  4. gelifluxion
  5. gelifracted
  6. gelifraction
  7. gelify
  8. gelifying
  9. gelignite
  10. gelignites
  11. gelila

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