Look up: palimpsest

1. palimpsest
   A circular feature on the surface of dark icy moons such as Ganymede and Callisto lacking the relief associated with craters; Pamlimpsests are thought to be impact craters where the topographic relief of the crater has been eliminated by slow adjustment of the icy surface.
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2. palimpsest
   [n] - a manuscript (usually written on papyrus or parchment) on which more than one text has been written with the earlier writing incompletely erased and still visible
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3. palimpsest
   an alcoholic 'blackout' though without lack of consciousness.Inability to remember the next day,or ever,the events of the previous night Category: Medicine
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4. Palimpsest
   Pal'imp·sest noun [ Latin palimpsestus , Greek ... scratched or scraped again, ... a palimpsest; ... again + ... to rub, rub away: confer French palimpseste .] A parchment which has been written upon twice, the first writing having been eras...
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5. palimpsest
   noun a manuscript (usually written on papyrus or parchment) on which more than one text has been written with the earlier writing incompletely erased and still visible
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6. Palimpsest
   • (n.) A parchment which has been written upon twice, the first writing having been erased to make place for the second.
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7. palimpsest
   (from the article `valley`) Because the Earth`s climate has changed profoundly during the Quaternary and Tertiary (roughly the past 65,000,000 years), many landscapes are ...
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8. palimpsest
   manuscript in roll or codex form carrying a text erased, or partly erased, underneath an apparent additional text. The underlying text is said to be ... [3 related articles]
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9. palimpsest
   palimpsest 1. A manuscript page that has been erased and written over many times. 2. A manuscript written over a partly erased older manuscript in such a way that the old words can be read beneath the new ones. 3. A manuscript, typically of papyrus or parchment, that has been written on more than ...
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10. palimpsest
    palimpsest (păl'impsest") : see manuscript.
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11. Palimpsest
    A `palimpsest` is a manuscript page from a scroll or book from which the text has been scraped off and which can be used again. The word "palimpsest" comes through Latin from Greek παλιν + ψαω = (palin "again" + psao "I scrape"), ...
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12. Palimpsest
    (novella) `Palimpsest` is a 2009 science fiction novella by Charles Stross, focusing on time travel and deep time. Originally published in Stross`s 2009 collection Wireless, it won the 2010 Hugo Award for best novella. Inspiration: Stross has stated that Palimpsest is eff...
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13. Palimpsest
    (planetary astronomy) A `palimpsest`, in planetary astronomy, is an ancient crater on an icy moon of the outer Solar System whose relief has disappeared due to creep of the icy surface ("viscous relaxation") or subsequent cryovolcanic outpourings, leaving a circular albedo feature, ...
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14. Palimpsest
    (geology) In geology, a palimpsest is a geographical feature composed of superimposed structures created at different times. Palimpsest is beginning to be used by glaciologists to describe contradicting glacial flow indicators, usually consisting of smaller indicators (i.e., striae) overprint...
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