Look up: ridge

1. RIDGE
   acronym: Ridge Inter-Disciplinary Global Experiment
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2. Ridge
   In architecture, the term ridge is applied to the intersection of two surfaces forming a salient angle, especially the angle at the top between the opposite slopes or sides of a roof or a vault.
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3. Ridge
   An elongated area of high air pressure.
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4. ridge
   [n] - any long raised strip 2. [n] - a long narrow range of hills 3. [n] - a long narrow natural elevation or striation 4. [n] - any long raised border or margin of a bone or tooth or membrane 5. [n] - a beam laid along the ridge of a roof 6. [v] - extend in ridges 7. [v]<...
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5. Ridge
   a linear elevation.
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6. Ridge
   The uppermost structural member of your house, spanning the peak areas of the roof.
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7. Ridge
   Top of a pitched roof
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8. Ridge
   The horizontal line at the apex of a roof. The ridge usually has a covering of tile, lead or zinc.
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9. Ridge
   The topmost line of the roof.
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10. Ridge
    The topmost line of the roof.
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11. Ridge
    A tongue of high pressure on a weather map. The opposite of a trough of low pressure.
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12. ridge
    region of the atmosphere in which the pressure is high relative to the surrounding region at the same level; term synonymous with 'ridge', though usually applied to a fast-moving ridge between two depressions or troughs Category: The cosmos • natural or artificial hillock. Artificial ban...
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13. Ridge
    The horizontal line at the junction of the top edges of two sloping roof surfaces.
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14. Ridge
    the line formed where two sides of a sloping or pitched roof meet. The ridge piece, a main timber running along the apex of the roof.
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15. Ridge
    Ridge noun [ Middle English rigge the back, Anglo-Saxon hrycg ; akin to Dutch rug , German rÃœcken , Old High German rucki , hrukki , Icelandic hryggr , Swedish rugg , Danish ryg . &radi...
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16. Ridge
    Ridge transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Ridged ; present participle & verbal noun Ridging .] 1. To form a ridge of; to furnish with a ridge or ridges; to make into a rid...
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17. ridge
    1. A (usually rough) linear elevation. ... See: crest. ... 2. In dentistry, any linear elevation on the surface of a tooth. ... 3. The remainder of the alveolar process and its soft tissue covering after the teeth are removed. ... Origin: A. S. Hyrcg, back, spine ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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18. ridge
    ridgepole noun a beam laid along the edge where two sloping sides of a roof meet at the top; provides an attachment for the upper ends of rafters
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19. ridge
    noun any long raised border or margin of a bone or tooth or membrane
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20. ridge
    noun a long narrow natural elevation or striation
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21. ridge
    noun any long raised strip
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22. ridge
    noun a long narrow range of hills
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23. ridge
    (rij) a linear projection or projecting structure, such as a crest.
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24. Ridge
    • (n.) The intersection of two surface forming a salient angle, especially the angle at the top between the opposite slopes or sides of a roof or a vault. • (n.) A range of hills or mountains, or the upper part of such a range; any extended elevation between valleys. • (n.) The highes...
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25. ridge
    (from the article `Mercury`) The ramparts of the Caloris impact basin span a diameter exceeding 1,300 km (800 miles). Its interior is occupied by smooth plains that are ...
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