palinspastic
Syllables: pal·in·spas·tic/pælɪnˈspæstɪk/
palinspastic adjective: showing the previous location of geological features, correcting for any intervening crustal movements.
Adjective
palinspastic (not comparable)
- Showing the previous location of geological features, correcting for any intervening crustal movements.
- To improve the accuracy of spatial reconstruction through time, it is necessary to estimate and restore bulk strain by working backward in time so that the maps represent palinspastic reconstructions of geologic development.1995, James L. Pindell, Kenneth D. Tabbutt, “Mesozoic-Cenozoic Andean Paleogeography and Regional Controls on Hydrocarbon Systems”, in A. J. Tankard, Ramiro Suárez Soruco, Herman J. Welsink, editors...
- Exactly when the first palinspastic reconstruction was published is uncertain.1996, M. P. A. Jackson, “Chapter 1: Retrospective Salt Tectonics”, in M. P. A. Jackson, David G. Roberts, Sig Snelson, editors, Salt Tectonics: A Global Perspective, page 8
Origin of palinspastic
From Ancient Greek πάλιν (pálin, “again”) + σπαστικός (spastikós, “drawing”).
Words formed from palinspastic
Words that rhyme with palinspastic
- plastic
- elastic
- fantastic
- bombastic
- mastic
- spastic
- heteroplastic
- inelastic
- periphrastic
- pleonastic
- aclastic
- alloplastic
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- anaclastic
- anaplastic
- anticlastic
- aplastic
- autoplastic
- basiplastic
- ceroplastic
- chiastic
- clastic
- cosmoplastic
- drastic
- encomiastic
- enthusiastic
- epispastic
- gelastic
- gymnastic
- heteroblastic
- holophrastic
- homoblastic
- homoplastic
- macroplastic
- normoplastic
- onomastic
- paraphrastic
- sarcastic
- synclastic
- achondroplastic
- agelastic
- antineoplastic
- antiphrastic
- antispastic
- apicoplastic
- autoschediastic
- cataclastic
- chiliastic
- conplastic
- cranioplastic
- docimastic
- dramastic
- dynastic
- dysplastic
- ecclesiastic
- ectoblastic
- ectoplastic
- electroplastic
- emplastic
- epiblastic
- epinastic
Questions about palinspastic
- What does palinspastic mean?
- Palinspastic means showing the previous location of geological features, correcting for any intervening crustal movements.
- What part of speech is palinspastic?
- Palinspastic is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce palinspastic?
- Palinspastic is pronounced /pælɪnˈspæstɪk/.
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