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Hilt's law

Hilt's law proper noun: a geological law stating that the deeper coal is found, the higher its rank (carbon content). It holds true when the thermal gradient is entirely vertical.

Proper noun

Hilt's law

  1. A geological law stating that the deeper coal is found, the higher its rank (carbon content). It holds true when the thermal gradient is entirely vertical.

Origin of Hilt's law

Observed by professor Carl Hilt (1873).

Questions about Hilt's law

What does Hilt's law mean?
Hilt's law means a geological law stating that the deeper coal is found, the higher its rank (carbon content). It holds true when the thermal gradient is entirely vertical.
What part of speech is Hilt's law?
Hilt's law is a proper noun.

Words near Hilt's law in the dictionary

  1. hilsas
  2. Hilsea
  3. Hilson
  4. Hilsons
  5. hilt
  6. Hilt's law
  7. hilted
  8. Hiltermann
  9. hilting
  10. hiltless
  11. Hiltner

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