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lithostatic

lithostatic adjective: describing the static pressure maintained by a weight of rock; geostatic.

Adjective

lithostatic (not comparable)

  1. Describing the static pressure maintained by a weight of rock; geostatic.

Origin of lithostatic

From litho- + static.

Questions about lithostatic

What does lithostatic mean?
Lithostatic means describing the static pressure maintained by a weight of rock; geostatic.
What part of speech is lithostatic?
Lithostatic is an adjective.

Words near lithostatic in the dictionary

  1. lithospermums
  2. lithosphere
  3. lithospheres
  4. lithospheric
  5. lithostathine
  6. lithostatic
  7. lithostatically
  8. lithostatin
  9. lithostatine
  10. lithostratigrapher
  11. lithostratigraphers

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