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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 palimpsēstus from Ancient Greek παλίμψηστος (palímpsestos, “scratched or scraped again”) originally compounded fro...
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palimpsest
Memphis Facula, on Ganymede An ancient, relatively bright, circular feature on the surface of a dark icy moon, such as Ganymede or Callisto. Palimpsests lack the relief associated with normal craters and are thought to be impact craters of which the topographic relief has been eliminated by visc...
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palimpsest
palimpsest (păl'impsest") : see manuscript.
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Palimpsest
[novel] Palimpsest is a novel by Catherynne M. Valente, published in March 2009. It follows four separate characters as they discover and explore a mysterious city accessed only at night. In an interview with Terri Windling at Fantasy Book Critic, Valente describes the book: "Palimpsest is a...
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Palimpsest
[disambiguation] Palimpsest is a manuscript page from a scroll or book that has been scraped off and used again. Palimpsest may also refer to: ...
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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. Subterranean Press has announced that they will be reprinting the novella s...
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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) overprin...
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palimpsest
1) Holograph 2) Manuscript
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