horst
UShɔ:st
معنی فارسی
کوهه فراز زمين
معنی کامل و مثالها
/hôrst/n.
● (زمین شناسی - تودهی سنگی دراز و برجسته میان دو گسله) کوهه، فراز زمین
ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
From German 'Horst', meaning 'nest', used in geology to describe a raised block of the Earth's crust.
مثال
- The Rhine valley is a classic example of a horst.
- Geologists studied the horst to understand the region's seismic activity.
- The horst was formed by tectonic forces.
ترکیبهای رایج
Horst and graben Tectonic horst Geological horst
تعریف انگلیسی
noun
- a ridge of the earth's crust that has been forced upward between two faults and so is higher than the surrounding land