Look up: crevasse

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   Crevasse
   A crack in a glacier caused by rapid extension. Crevasses over 10 m deep would be healed by internal flow, but much deeper crevasses can be maintained by continued tension.
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   crevasse
   [n] - a deep fissure
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   crevasse
   1.a fissure or chasm in the ice of a glacier, usually of great depth, and sometimes of great width; 2.in the United States, (i) a breach in a levee or river embankment, (ii) a fissure in a plane Category: The cosmos
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   Crevasse
   Cre`vasse' noun [ French See Crevice .] 1. A deep crevice or fissure, as in embankment; one of the clefts or fissure by which the mass of a glacier is divided. 2. A breach in the levee or embankment of a river, caused by the pressure of the water, as on the lower Mississippi. [ U.S.]
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   crevasse
   noun a deep fissure
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   Crevasse
   A `crevasse` is a fracture in a glacier caused by large tensile stresses at or near the glacier's surface. Accelerations in glacier speed cause extension and can initiate a crevasse. Crevasses often have vertical or near-vertical walls, which can then melt and create seracs, arches, etc.; these walls sometimes expose layers that represent the glacier's stratigraphy. * `Transverse crevasses` are the most common type crevasse type and they form in...
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   Crevasse
   • (n.) A deep crevice or fissure, as in embankment; one of the clefts or fissure by which the mass of a glacier is divided. • (n.) A breach in the levee or embankment of a river, caused by the pressure of the water, as on the lower Mississippi.
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   crevasse
   fissure or crack in a glacier resulting from stress produced by movement. Crevasses range up to 20 m (65 feet) wide, 45 m (148 feet) deep, and ... [1 related articles]
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   Crevasse
   (1) Opening on a levee that allows for the drainage of water from the floodplain to the stream channel. (2) Fracture on the brittle surface of a glacier.
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    Crevasse
    A deep, disguised crack in a glacier
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    crevasse
    crevasse (kruvăs') , large crack in the upper surface of a glacier, formed by tension acting upon the brittle ice. Transverse crevasses occur where the grade of the glacier bed becomes suddenly steeper; longitudinal crevasses, where the glacier spreads over a wider valley or plain. Margina...
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