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isostasies

isostasies is the plural of isostasy.

Meaning of isostasy

Noun

isostasy (usually uncountable, plural isostasies)

  1. (usually) The state of balance or pressure equilibrium thought to exist within the Earth's crust, whereby the upper lithosphere floats on denser magma beneath.
    • The process of vertical movement, known as isostasy, was a foundation of geological belief for generations, though no-one had any really good theories as to how or why it happened.2003, Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything, BCA, page 155

Questions about isostasies

What is isostasies the plural of?
Isostasies is the plural of isostasy.

Words near isostasies in the dictionary

  1. isosporiasis
  2. isosporic
  3. isosporous
  4. isospory
  5. isostable
  6. isostasies
  7. isostasist
  8. isostasists
  9. isostasy
  10. isostatic
  11. isostatical

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