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Meaning of "morainic" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF MORAINIC

mɒˈreɪnɪk


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MORAINIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Morainic is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES MORAINIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Moraine

A moraine is any glacially formed accumulation of unconsolidated glacial debris that occurs in currently glaciated and formerly glaciated regions, such as those areas acted upon by a past glacial maximum. This debris may have been plucked off a valley floor as a glacier advanced or may have fallen off the valley walls as a result of frost wedging or landslide. Moraines may be composed of debris ranging in size from silt-sized glacial flour to large boulders. The debris is typically sub-angular to rounded in shape. Moraines may be on the glacier’s surface or deposited as piles or sheets of debris where the glacier has melted. Moraines may also occur when glacier- or iceberg-transported rocks fall into a body of water as the ice melts. Moraine in Rocky Mountain National Park, taken by Ansel Adams in 1941 Lateral moraines of the reducing glacier in Engadin...

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MORAINIC

acinic · actinic · Botvinnik · clinic · cynic · dinic · Dominic · dominick · minnick · monoclinic · muscarinic · nicotinic · paraffinic · polyclinic · ptomainic · succinic · triclinic · vinic

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MORAINIC

mora · moraceous · Moradabad · morae · morainal · moraine · moral · moral hazard · moral majority · moral philosophy · Moral Rearmament · moral support · moral theology · moral victory · morale · morale booster · morale-boosting · moralisation · moraliser · moralising

WORDS THAT END LIKE MORAINIC

abortion clinic · antenatal clinic · antihistaminic · dental clinic · eye clinic · family planning clinic · fertility clinic · free clinic · hematinic · infant welfare clinic · infertility clinic · mandarinic · olefinic · pain clinic · rabbinic · serpentinic · sex clinic · speech clinic · sports injuries clinic · vitaminic

Synonyms and antonyms of morainic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «morainic» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MORAINIC

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The translations of morainic from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «morainic» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

冰碛
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

morénico
570 millions of speakers
en

English

morainic
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

morainic
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ركام
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

моренная
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

morainic
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

morainic
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

morainiques
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Morainic
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

moränisch
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

morainic
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

morainic
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Morain
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

băng tích
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

, morainic
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

मॉरेनिक
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

Morainic
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

morenico
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

morenowych
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

моренна
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

morene
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μοραινικής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

morainic
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

morän
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

morene
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MORAINIC»

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MORAINIC»

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Moraines and shore lines of the Lake Superior basin
Slender moraines north of the range in these counties were formed as the ice border was receding from the range into the Lake Superior Basin. One of these smaller moraines is merged with the main morainic system from Bad River westward ...
Frank Leverett, 1929
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United States Geological Survey Professional Paper
mainly south of the iron range. Slender moraines north of the range in these counties were formed as the ice border was receding from the range into the Lake Superior Basin. One of these smaller moraines is merged with the main morainic ...
‎1928
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Professional Paper - United States Geological Survey
These branch off at intervals and on being traced southward are found to merge with the broad Valparaiso morainic system, so that it appears that while the front of the Delavan lobe was withdrawing from one to another of these slight morainic  ...
Geological Survey (U.S.), 1918
4
Quaternary geology of Minnesota and parts of adjacent states
more than the Bigstone morainic belt. The Bigstone belt may be represented in the strong moraine that lies east of the railroad from Fergus Falls northward to Elizabeth, but from Elizabeth northward it is combined with later ones. It is probably ...
Frank Leverett, Frederick William Sardeson, 1932
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Geological Survey professional paper
more than the Bigstone morainic belt. The Bigstone belt may be represented in the strong moraine that lies east of the railroad from Fergus Falls northward to Elizabeth, but from Elizabeth northward it is combined with later ones. It is probably ...
Geological Survey (U.S.), Geological Survey (U.S.). Geographic Names Information Management, 1932
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Glacial and Fluvial Geomorphology of Western Himalaya: ...
East Liddar Valley: The lateral morainic ridges are preserved as embankments along the eastern margin of the East Liddar between Ganshibal and Pahalgam church (Fig. 77 A). The moraines stretch further northward up to Manipal in a ...
Manmohan Nath Kaul, 1990
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Quaternary Glaciations - Extent and Chronology: Part III: ...
de El Pluma' with some differences by Caldenius (1932) and Fidalgo & Riggi ( 1965); as the 'Deseado moraines' by Malagnino (1995) and included in the ' Morainic Zones 1 and 2', of reversed polarity, by M6rner & Sylwan (1989).
J. Ehlers, P.L. Gibbard, 2004
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Quaternary Glaciations - Extent and Chronology: A Closer Look
Late. Quaternary. Glaciations. in. Bolivia: Comments. on. Some. New. Approaches. to. Dating. Morainic. Sequences. FIGURE 55.2 Glacial geomorphology of some valleys of the Cordillera. Klaus Heine ...
Jurgen Ehlers, Jürgen Ehlers, Philip Leonard Gibbard, 2011
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Soil Survey of Hubbard County,Minnesota Part I
... stony---------------------| 1332B |Rockwood fine sandy loam, morainic, 3 to 8 percent slopes, stony---------| 1332C |Rockwood fine sandy loam, morainic, 8 to 15 percent slopes, stony--------| 1332E |Rockwood fine sandy loam, morainic, 15 to 30 ...
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Glaciation of the Uinta and Wasatch Mountains
A series of beautifully developed terraces lies between these outer moraines and extends far down the valley. Upstream these terraces, three in number, end at distinct morainic ridges which partly cross the valley. The highest terrace ends first ...
Wallace Walter Atwood, 1909

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MORAINIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term morainic is used in the context of the following news items.
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200 THINGS THAT PLAY IN STARK COUNTY: Nimishillen Creek
“The Nimishillen Creek cuts a beautiful gorge through the morainic deposits at the northern edge of Canton, providing a scenic setting for the ... «Canton Repository, Jul 15»
2
Prosecco Continues to Create Confusion
With steep vineyards, abundant southern exposure, stony, glacial-era morainic subsoils, and a breeze that arrives from the Adriatic to the east, ... «Wine-Searcher, Jan 15»
3
Chopra panel report recommends 'no dams in paraglacial regions'
Under intense rainfall the morainic material, left behind in the past by receding glaciers, cause havoc in the vicinity of HEPs as witnessed at the ... «The Hindu, Jul 14»
4
Spring in Verona means Custoza with Asparagus
Custoza has the same name as a village located not far from Verona on the foothills of the morainic amphitheater of Lake Garda. The history of ... «Palate Pres, Apr 14»
5
A Condensed Course in Sparkling Wine Production in Franciacorta
Franciacorta is a different terroir, with morainic soil and slightly higher average temperatures; the whole region in general enjoys the beneficial, ... «Palate Pres, Dec 13»
6
The sculpturing of Mount Kinabalu
As the tongue-like glaciers melted morainic deposits were dumped in the form of a terminal moraine just below Panar Laban, near to Paka ... «The Borneo Post, Dec 13»
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Sorrow Avalanche
Between the morainic ridge to the left and the wall of the valley runs a nullah. This provides a good barrier against avalanches to the left side of ... «Outlook, Jul 13»
8
Luminous Lake Garda
Its wider part to the south is surrounded by morainic hills, left as a result of the glacier recession, while the narrow northern part is enclosed by ... «Times of Malta, May 13»
9
Oh MAMA 2012 Spring Rally - Track and Road
Receding glaciers 10,000 years ago left behind a wonderful array of gravely morainic hills covered with trees into which the adventurous folks ... «Autochannel, Jun 12»
10
Berlucchi - A Glass of Pleasure
Franciacorta, situated in northern Italy, has partly morainic grounds and is ideal for viticulture. Franco Ziliani developed a high quality sparkling ... «PRLog.Org, Feb 10»
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