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    dike
    (from the article `harbours and sea works`) A prime example of the first purpose was the enclosure in 1926–32, by means of a dike some 17 miles in length, of a large inlet known as the ... [3 related articles]
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    in geology, tabular or sheetlike igneous body that is often oriented vertically or steeply inclined to the bedding of preexisting intruded rocks; ... [5 related articles]
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    Dike The Greek goddess of moral justice.
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    To remove or disable a portion of something, as a wire from a computer or a subroutine from a program. A standard slogan is 'When in doubt, dike it out'. (The implication is that it is usually more effective to attack software problems by reducing complexity than by increasing it.) The word 'dike...
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    [geology] A dike or dyke in geology is a type of sheet intrusion referring to any geologic body that cuts discordantly across: Dikes can therefore be either intrusive or sedimentary in origin. ==Magmatic dikes== An intrusive dike is an igneous body with a very high aspect ratio, which means ...
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    or dyke
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    This dike was exposed when a new pit crater formed in about 1880 A.D. in the northeast corner of the summit caldera of Mauna Loa Volcano. The dike is about 1.5 m wide. Credit: J. P. Lockwood / U.S. Geological Survey A tabular or sheet-like body of magma that cuts through and across the layering...
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    dike, in technology: see levee.
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    Dike: see Horae.
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    Dike was the attendant of justice to Nemesis.
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    In geology, a dike or dyke is a term applied to intrusions of igneous rock, such as basalt, greenstone, etc, which fill up veins and fissures in the stratified systems, and sometimes project on the surface like walls.
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    A sheetlike body of igneous rock that cuts across layering or contacts in the rock into which it intrudes.
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    (1) (Engineering) An embankment to confine or control water, especially one built along the banks of a river to prevent overflow of lowlands; a levee. (2) A low wall that can act as a barrier to prevent a spill from spreading. (3) (Geology) A tabular body of igneous (formed by volcanic action) rock ...
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