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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD GRABEN

From German, from Old High German graban to dig.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF GRABEN

graben  [ˈɡrɑːbən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GRABEN

noun
adjective
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Graben is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES GRABEN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

graben

Graben

In geology, a graben is a depressed block of land bordered by parallel faults. Graben is German for ditch or trench. The plural form is variously given as graben or grabens. A graben is the result of a block of land being downthrown producing a valley with a distinct scarp on each side. Graben often occur side-by-side with horsts. Horst and graben structures are indicative of tensional forces and crustal stretching. Graben are produced from parallel normal faults, where the hanging wall is downthrown and the footwall is upthrown. The faults typically dip toward the center of the graben from both sides. Horsts are parallel blocks that remain between graben; the bounding faults of a horst typically dip away from the center line of the horst. Single or multiple graben can produce a rift valley. One of the world's deepest graben with over 1000 metres of downthrow is the Mount Unzen volcanic complex in southern Japan.

Definition of graben in the English dictionary

The definition of graben in the dictionary is an elongated trough of land produced by subsidence of the earth's crust between two faults.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GRABEN


auburn
ˈɔːbən
Banaban
bəˈnɑːbən
bourbon
ˈbɜːbən
carbon
ˈkɑːbən
chlorofluorocarbon
ˌklɔːrəˌflʊərəʊˈkɑːbən
corban
ˈkɔːbən
Cuban
ˈkjuːbən
Durban
ˈdɜːbən
fluorocarbon
ˌflʊərəʊˈkɑːbən
halocarbon
ˌhæləʊˈkɑːbən
hydrocarbon
ˌhaɪdrəʊˈkɑːbən
interurban
ˌɪntərˈɜːbən
multicarbon
ˌmʌltɪˈkɑːbən
perfluorocarbon
pəˌflʊərəʊˈkɑːbən
radiocarbon
ˌreɪdɪəʊˈkɑːbən
Schwaben
ˈʃvaːbən
suburban
səˈbɜːbən
Theban
ˈθiːbən
turban
ˈtɜːbən
urban
ˈɜːbən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GRABEN

grab
grab bag
grabbable
grabbed
grabber
grabbier
grabbiest
grabbing
grabble
grabbler
grabby
Gracchi
Gracchus
grace
grace cup
grace note
grace period
grace-and-favour
graceful
gracefully

WORDS THAT END LIKE GRABEN

Allen
Asben
been
ben
between
bien
broken
but and ben
chicken
children
chosen
den
driven
drucken
leben
Leoben
Nagyszeben
paraben
Reuben
Ruben

Synonyms and antonyms of graben in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «graben» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GRABEN

Find out the translation of graben to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of graben from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «graben» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

地堑
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

graben
570 millions of speakers

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graben
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Graben
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

انخساف
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

грабен
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

graben
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ধান্দাবাজ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

graben
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Meraung
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Graben
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

地溝
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

그라 벤
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Grabby
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

địa hào
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

grabby
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ताब्यात
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

grabby
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

graben
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Graben
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

грабен
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Graben
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

graben
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Graben
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Graben
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Graben
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of graben

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GRABEN»

The term «graben» is quite widely used and occupies the 36.356 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GRABEN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about graben

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GRABEN»

Discover the use of graben in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to graben and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Geology of Central Europe: Mesozioc and cenozoic
The present-day stress field is markedly different from that of the main Jura phase as registered by stylolites and calcite twins in the Jura Mountains (Becker 2000), reflecting the change from thin- to thick-skinned thrusting. Upper Rhine Graben ...
Tom McCann, 2008
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Geology of the Sheeprock Thrust Sheet, Central Utah - New ...
South Vernon Creek graben: The South Vernon Creek graben extends south from the Prospect mine fault to the Indian Springs fault (figure 2b). The graben trends approximately N-S and is bounded by several normal faults to the east.
Malay Mukul, Gautam Mitra, 1998
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New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics
DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS Whakatane Graben The apparent seaward continuation of the Whakatane Graben as a zone of active tectonism offshore, for some 43 km, is significant, and the data presented here provide further evidence  ...
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Petroleum Geology of Northwest Europe: Proceedings of the ...
Tectono-stratigraphic development of the southern part of UKCS Quadrant 15 ( eastern Witch Ground Graben): implications for the Mesozoic-Tertiary evolution of the Central North Sea Basin G. JONES,1 P. RORISON,2 R. FROST.2 R. KNIPE1  ...
A. J. Fleet, S. A. Boldy, 1999
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Cenozoic Tectonics and Volcanism of Mexico
Concerning the second category, it has been proposed that the formation of the Colima Graben is a result of a presently occurring eastward relocation of seafloor spreading from the Rivera-Pacific spreading center to the Colima Graben (Luhr ...
Hugo Delgado-Granados, Gerardo J. Aguirre-Díaz, Joann M. Stock, 2000
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Geology, Hydrogeology, and Environmental Remediation: Idaho ...
Centennial Range Middle Creek Butte / fault zone 44' 15' Explanation Normal fault Q Rhyolite dome Narrow graben 3 Large crater vent Volcanic vent o Small crater vent Eruptive fissure ••* Tension cracks 0 10 Kilometers zone bounding faults ...
P. K. Link, Leland L. Mink, 2002
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Tectonic Setting of Faulted Tertiary Strata Associated with ...
Half -graben fades associations Extensional tectonic domains composed of systems of half- grabens and tilt-blocks display facies mosaics influenced by back - tilting of hanging-wall blocks and abrupt footwall uplift (Leeder and Gawthorpe,  ...
William R. Dickinson, 1991
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Plate Tectonics: Continental Drift and Mountain Building
Rhône Graben Limagne Graben Lower Rhine Embayment Hessian Depression Bresse Graben Black Forest Vosges Ju ra M o u n ta in s Vogelsberg Eifel Kaiserstuhl Upper Rhine Graben Leine Valley Graben 4° 6° 8° 10° 52° 50° 48° 46° 44° ...
Wolfgang Frisch, Martin Meschede, Ronald C. Blakey, 2010
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Tectonic Development of the Eastern Mediterranean Region
Tectonic and sedimentary evolution of the Cenozoic Hatay Graben, Southern Turkey: a two-phase model for graben formation SARAH J. BOULTON1, ALASTAIR H. F. ROBERTSON1 & ULV1 C. UNLUGENC2 1 School of GeoSciences, Grant ...
A. H. F. Robertson, Demosthenis Mountrakis, 2006
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Early sedimentary evolution of the Michigan Basin
INTERPRETATION OF WELL-LOG, DIGITAL TERRAIN, AND GEOPHYSICAL DATA Analysis of geologic cross sections Structure section A-A' shows a general northwestward dip, with no apparent evidence of a present-day graben-like ...
‎1991

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GRABEN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term graben is used in the context of the following news items.
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Griechisches Parlament stimmt für Sparpläne - ABER: | Tsipras …
„Der Graben in der Partei ist tiefer geworden – das ist nicht zu flicken“, sagte ein Abgeordneter zu BILD. Ein anderer: „Künftig sitzt die schärfste ... «BILD, Jul 15»
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Reform-Angebot | Tsipras hat die Mehrheit sicher – ABER …
„Der Graben in der Partei ist tiefer geworden – das ist nicht zu flicken“, sagte ein Abgeordneter zu BILD. Ein anderer: „Künftig sitzt die schärfste ... «BILD, Jul 15»
3
Cutting through Martian history
These are most likely 'graben', products of the planet's crust having been stretched apart. Graben is the term given to the section of the crust at ... «Phys.Org, Jul 15»
4
The Martian Surface is Looking Pretty Rad in Rainbow
These are most likely 'graben', products of the planet's crust having been stretched apart. Graben is the term given to the section of the crust at ... «Gizmodo India, Jul 15»
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Junge in Polen mit 1,5 Promille: Neunjähriger betrunken im …
Der Junge konnte nicht mehr stehen oder aus eigener Kraft aus dem Graben klettern, berichtete der Nachrichtensender TVP Info am Donnerstag unter Berufung ... «Tagesspiegel, Jul 15»
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ACODE Wants Inquiry Into Oil Land Conflicts
If put in place, the commission of inquiry will investigate all the land titles that have been issued in the Albertine graben and in particular in ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
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Country Fails to Lure Majors Into Oil Industry
He attributed the significant number of applications to the fact that the Albertine graben is Uganda's most investigated, de-risked and ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
8
Global seismic vessel roundup
The extension, known as Tampen, is in the Northern Viking Graben offshore Norway and the UK and is expected to be completed in 2016. «OE Digital, Jul 15»
9
American Actress Sophia Anna Bush departs Uganda feeling inspired
The beautiful actress also had the chance to go on a safari in Murchison Falls National Park located along the great Albertine Graben after ... «eTurboNews, Jul 15»
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Uranus' moon Titania
The most prominent graben on Titania is the Messina Chasma, which runs for about 1,500 kilometers (930 mi) from the equator almost to the ... «Phys.Org, Jul 15»

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