megablock
megablock noun: a very large block.
Noun
megablock (plural megablocks)
- A very large block.
- The earliest potassic granites in the southern part of the Timpton-Sutam megablock appear only at the end of the fourth cycle.1983, Nicholas Rast, Profiles of Orogenic Belts, page 169
- On the single and two-channel profiles, however, ringing interference (repetition of shallower reflections) between the basement and postimpact sediments prevents clear definition of the displaced megablocks.2012, Wylie Poag, The Chesapeake Bay Crater
Forms of megablock
| plural | megablocks |
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Origin of megablock
From mega- + block.
Questions about megablock
- What does megablock mean?
- Megablock means a very large block.
- What part of speech is megablock?
- Megablock is a noun.
- What is the plural of megablock?
- The plural of megablock is megablocks.
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