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sideburdens

sideburdens is the plural of sideburden.

Meaning of sideburden

Noun

sideburden (plural sideburdens)

  1. The rock and subsoil that lies next to a mineral deposit such as a coal seam.
    • Settari (2002) and Osorio et al. (1999) also suggest that the analysis domain should include overburdens, sideburdens and underburdens for better accommodation of the coupling effects of stress changes and flow.2007, Erik Eberhardt, Doug Stead, Tom Morrison, Rock Mechanics: Meeting Society's Challenges and Demands, →ISBN

Questions about sideburdens

What is sideburdens the plural of?
Sideburdens is the plural of sideburden.

Words near sideburdens in the dictionary

  1. sideboy
  2. sideboys
  3. sidebuffer
  4. sidebuffers
  5. sideburden
  6. sideburdens
  7. sideburn
  8. sideburned
  9. sideburns
  10. sidecap
  11. sidecaps

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