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transtension

transtension noun: tension (experience by a rock mass or area of the Earth's crust) resulting from both extensive and transtensive shear.

Noun

transtension (countable and uncountable, plural transtensions)

  1. Tension (experience by a rock mass or area of the Earth's crust) resulting from both extensive and transtensive shear.

Forms of transtension

pluraltranstensions

Words formed from transtension

Questions about transtension

What does transtension mean?
Transtension means tension (experience by a rock mass or area of the Earth's crust) resulting from both extensive and transtensive shear.
What part of speech is transtension?
Transtension is a noun.
What is the plural of transtension?
The plural of transtension is transtensions.

Words near transtension in the dictionary

  1. transtelephonically
  2. transtemporal
  3. transtemporality
  4. transtemporally
  5. transtendinous
  6. transtension
  7. transtensional
  8. transtensions
  9. transtensive
  10. transtentorial
  11. transterminologisation

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