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geopetal

geopetal adjective: (of a rock or rock sequence) Exhibiting, or relating to, features that indicate whether it has been overturned, or whether it lies in the orientation that it was initially deposited.

Adjective

geopetal (not comparable)

  1. (of a rock or rock sequence) Exhibiting, or relating to, features that indicate whether it has been overturned, or whether it lies in the orientation that it was initially deposited.
  2. (rare) Moving towards the ground.
  3. (rare) Moving towards the Earth.

Antonyms of geopetal

Origin of geopetal

From geo- + -petal.

Questions about geopetal

What does geopetal mean?
Geopetal means (of a rock or rock sequence) Exhibiting, or relating to, features that indicate whether it has been overturned, or whether it lies in the orientation that it was initially deposited.
What part of speech is geopetal?
Geopetal is an adjective.

Words near geopetal in the dictionary

  1. geopbyte
  2. geopbytes
  3. geopedologic
  4. geopedological
  5. geopedology
  6. geopetal
  7. geopetally
  8. geophage
  9. geophages
  10. geophagia
  11. geophagic

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