Look up: Excavation

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   excavation
   [n] - a hole in the ground made by excavating 2. [n] - the act of digging
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   excavation
   In archaeology, the systematic recovery of data through the exposure of buried sites and artefacts. Excavation is destructive, and is therefore accompanied by a comprehensive recording of all...
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   excavation
   the act or process of forming a cavity or hollow,or the cavity or hollow itself Category: Medicine
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   Excavation
   Ex`ca·va'tion noun [ Latin excavatio : confer French excavation .] 1. The act of excavating, or of making hollow, by cutting, scooping, or digging out a part of a solid mass. 2. A cavity formed by cutting, digging, or scooping. 'A winding excavation .' Glover. 3. (Engineering) (a) An uncovered cutting in the earth, in distinction ...
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   excavation
   1. A natural cavity, pouch, or recess. ... Synonym: excavatio. ... 2. A cavity formed artificially or as the result of a pathologic process. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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   excavation
   noun a hole in the ground made by excavating
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   excavation
   noun the act of digging; `there`s an interesting excavation going on near Princeton`
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   Excavation
   The term `archaeological excavation` has a double meaning. # Excavation is the best-known and still the most commonly used `technique` within the science of archaeology. In this sense it is the `exposure`, `processing` and `recording` of archaeological remains. # The term is also used for an example of the application of the technique to the study of a given site. In this sense, an excavation may sometimes be referred to as a ``dig`` by those wh...
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   excavation
   (eks″kә-va´shәn) the act of hollowing out. a hollowed-out space, or pouchlike cavity. atrophic excavation cupping of the optic disk, due to atrophy of the optic nerve fibers. excavation of optic disk , physiologic excavation&...
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    Excavation
    • (n.) The act of excavating, or of making hollow, by cutting, scooping, or digging out a part of a solid mass. • (n.) The material dug out in making a channel or cavity. • (n.) An uncovered cutting in the earth, in distinction from a covered cutting or tunnel. • (n.) A cavity formed by cutting, digging, or scooping.Excavation: ...
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    excavation
    (from the article `archaeology`) Excavation is the surgical aspect of archaeology: it is surgery of the buried landscape and is carried out with all the skilled craftsmanship that ... [5 related articles]
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    excavation
    (from the article `tunnels and underground excavations`) horizontal underground passageway produced by excavation or occasionally by nature`s action in dissolving a soluble rock, such as limestone. A ...
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    Excavation
    (from the article `de Kooning, Willem`) ...period after his first show were complex, agitated abstractions such as Asheville (1948–49), Attic (1949), and Excavation (1950; Art Institute, ...
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    excavation
    excavation 1. The act or process of excavating. 2. A hole formed by excavating.
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    excavation
    
    1. the act of digging
    2. the site of an archeological exploration
    3. the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth
    
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    excavation
    a hole made in the ground for installing a foundation
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