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intraslab

intraslab adjective: within a slab.

Adjective

intraslab (not comparable)

  1. Within a slab.
    • Determining whether the intraslab events occur within the crust or mantle portions of the slab is not only important for understanding the rupture process of these events, but also for estimating the maximum possible magnitude.2003, Kenneth C Creager, Robert S Crosson, Intraslab earthquakes and 3-D slab structure in Cascadia, University of Washington, page 1

Origin of intraslab

From intra- + slab.

Questions about intraslab

What does intraslab mean?
Intraslab means within a slab.
What part of speech is intraslab?
Intraslab is an adjective.

Words near intraslab in the dictionary

  1. intrasinus
  2. intrasinusoidal
  3. intrasiphuncular
  4. intrasite
  5. intraskeletal
  6. intraslab
  7. intrasocietal
  8. intrasomatic
  9. intrasomitic
  10. intrasovereign
  11. intraspeaker

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