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shatter cones

shatter cones is the plural of shatter cone.

Meaning of shatter cone

Noun

shatter cone (plural shatter cones)

  1. A type of geologic feature consisting of a branching network of multiple stacked conical or spoon-shaped striated fractures produced by high-intensity shock waves, with the apex of the cones pointing back towards the point of origin of the shock waves; only known to be produced by hypervelocity meteorite impacts or underground nuclear explosions.

Questions about shatter cones

What is shatter cones the plural of?
Shatter cones is the plural of shatter cone.

Words near shatter cones in the dictionary

  1. shatter attack
  2. shatter attacks
  3. shatter box
  4. shatter boxes
  5. shatter cone
  6. shatter cones
  7. shatter the ice
  8. shatterability
  9. shatterable
  10. shatterbox
  11. shatterboxes

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