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shattercone

shattercone is the alternative spelling 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.

Forms of shattercone

pluralshattercones

Questions about shattercone

What is shattercone the alternative spelling of?
Shattercone is the alternative spelling of shatter cone.

Words near shattercone in the dictionary

  1. shatterbox
  2. shatterboxes
  3. shatterbrained
  4. shattercane
  5. shattercanes
  6. shattercone
  7. shattercones
  8. shattered
  9. shattered the ice
  10. shatteredness
  11. shatterer

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