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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD REGOLITH

From Greek rhēgos covering, blanket + lithos stone.
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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 REGOLITH

regolith  [ˈrɛɡəlɪθ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF REGOLITH

noun
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verb
adverb
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Regolith 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 REGOLITH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Regolith

Regolith is a layer of loose, heterogeneous material covering solid rock. It includes dust, soil, broken rock, and other related materials and is present on Earth, the Moon, Mars, some asteroids, and other terrestrial planets and moons.

Definition of regolith in the English dictionary

The definition of regolith in the dictionary is the layer of loose material covering the bedrock of the earth and moon, etc, comprising soil, sand, rock fragments, volcanic ash, glacial drift, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH REGOLITH


acrolith
ˈækrəlɪθ
batholith
ˈbæθəlɪθ
coccolith
ˈkɒkəlɪθ
coprolith
ˈkɒprəlɪθ
cystolith
ˈsɪstəlɪθ
gastrolith
ˈɡæstrəlɪθ
laccolith
ˈlækəlɪθ
lopolith
ˈlɒpəlɪθ
megalith
ˈmɛɡəlɪθ
monolith
ˈmɒnəlɪθ
phytolith
ˈfaɪtəlɪθ
rhabdolith
ˈræbdəlɪθ
xenolith
ˈzɛnəlɪθ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE REGOLITH

regloss
reglow
reglue
regma
regmaker
regnal
regnancy
regnant
regnum
rego
regorge
regosol
regrade
regraft
regrant
regrate
regrater
regrator
regrede
regredience

WORDS THAT END LIKE REGOLITH

aerolith
cyclolith
enterolith
eolith
granolith
microlith
neolith
oolith
otolith
palaeolith
paleolith
peristalith
phacolith
pisolith
rhinolith
sialolith
statolith
tallith
urolith
zoolith

Synonyms and antonyms of regolith in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «regolith» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF REGOLITH

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

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

regolito
570 millions of speakers

English

regolith
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

regolith
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ثرى
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

реголит
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

regolito
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

regolith
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

régolite
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Regolith
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Regolith
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

表土
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

표토
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Regolith
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

regolith
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பறைப்படிவு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

रेगोलिथ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

regolith
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

regolite
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

podglebie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

реголіт
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

regolit
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

regolith
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

regoliet
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

regolit
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

regolitt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of regolith

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «REGOLITH»

The term «regolith» is regularly used and occupies the 60.915 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «REGOLITH» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «REGOLITH»

Discover the use of regolith in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to regolith and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Regolith Science
This book will be a valuable resource for scientists and graduate/postgraduate students in geology, geography and soil science, professionals in the exploration industry and natural resources management.
Keith Scott, Colin Pain, 2009
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Regolith Geology and Geomorphology
Providing fundamental discussion of regolith properties and chemistry, this book considers many landscape situations and features, whilst linking process to position, geochemistry and time.
G. Taylor, R. A. Eggleton, 2001
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Regolith, Soils and Landforms
The text describes many economic aspects of regolith studies, such as the formation of mineral deposits, the importance of weathering zones and how the chemistry of regolith affects human health.
Cliff Ollier, 1996
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Whole regolith pedology: proceedings of a symposium ...
The goal of the editors of this publication was to present this work as a foundation and as a guide for further research into the nature of earth surface materials. "
David L. Cremeens, Randall Barber Brown, James Herbert Huddleston, 1994
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Characterization and monitoring of the regolith aquifer ...
However, up to now no study had been carried out or reported in this country on the dynamic nature of this shallow regolith aquifer. This is the very first study carried out and reported in this regard.
Panabokke, Chris R.Ariyaratne, B. RanjithSeneviratne, A.Wijekoon, D.Molle, Francois, 2007
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Guidelines for analysis and description of soil and regolith ...
Bulleted lists and set-off definitions make this book work well in class and as a lab reference. Examples are well illustrated with drawings and an accompanying CD with hundreds of images. "
Georges Stoops, Michael J. Vepraskas, 2003
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Encyclopedia of Geomorphology
Regolith Regolith Figure 130 Is it logical to include the lava in with regolith or define it as detached and possibly part of the fresh rock even though it may be a different age and composition? Changing Changing Duration Stable Changing ...
Andrew Goudie, 2013
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Soils: Genesis and Geomorphology
Chapter. 3. Regolith,. residuum. and. the. weathering. profile. Soil is different than sediment. Soil develops from sediment, in sediment. Knowing how to distinguish the two is critical to the application of soils knowledge (Mandel and Bettis 2001) ...
Randall J. Schaetzl, Sharon Anderson, 2005
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Development of the Australian national regolith site ...
"The National Regolith Site Classification Map provides a tool for estimating the regolith site response to ground shaking at any location in Australia.
A. A. McPherson, L. S. Hall, 2007
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Geoenvironmental Mapping: Methods,Theory and Practice
can then be used to predict the details of regolith distribution in more local areas. Regional models will not predict the precise location of specific regolith materials, but they will allow a prediction of regolith-landform associations, and the ...
Peter T Bobrowsky, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «REGOLITH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term regolith is used in the context of the following news items.
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What is lunar regolith?
The term regolith refers to any layer of material covering solid rock, which can come in the form of dust, soil or broken rock. The word is derived from the ... «Phys.Org, May 15»
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UA Engineering Students Ready for Space-Mining Contest
As part of the competition, students are required to design a robot capable of navigating through and excavating 10 kilograms of simulated Martian regolith, ... «UA News, May 15»
3
NASA Tests Feasibility of 3D Printing on the Moon & Other Planets …
“In an effort to reduce the import or in-situ fabrication of binder additives, we focused this work on in-situ processing of regolith for construction in a single-step ... «3DPrint.com, Dec 14»
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Here are the details of Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel's Bloody …
To access this content, you will need to go to Regolith Range. It does not have its own Fast Travel station, but it can be reached by fast traveling to Serenity's ... «Destructoid, Oct 14»
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Water in the Martian Regolith from OMEGA/Mars Express
Here we discuss one of the current reservoirs of water on Mars, the regolith and rocks exposed at the surface. This reservoir is characterized by the presence of ... «Astrobiology News, Jul 14»
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Team finds regolith of small asteroids formed by thermal fatigue
The centimeter-sized fragments and smaller particles that make up the regolith—the layer of loose, unconsolidated rock and dust—of small asteroids is formed ... «Phys.Org, Apr 14»
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For Small Asteroids, Sunlight Spawns Dust (and Maybe Death)
As tiny bits of rock known as meteoroids collide with the moon and other rocky bodies in space, they create a layer of dust known as regolith across the surface ... «Space.com, Apr 14»
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NASA brings moon indoors to Kennedy Space Center
The lab's recently constructed Regolith Test Bin, nicknamed the "Big Bin," is ... foot on the moon, said the crushed basalt behaved very much like lunar regolith. «USA TODAY, Jan 14»
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The moon is terrifying, and that's why I love it
The dust on any celestial body is called regolith, but lunar regolith comes from a special kind of hell. It's created by the impacts of foreign space bodies striking ... «Boing Boing, Dec 13»
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This Rover Could Hunt For Lunar Water And Oxygen In 2018
It would carry a payload called RESOLVE (the acronym stands for Regolith ... testing in September, including a test in [a] regolith-filled vacuum chamber at the ... «Universe Today, Nov 13»

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