mantle rock

  • 1mantle rock — n. REGOLITH: sometimes written mantlerock n …

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  • 2mantle rock — Physical Geog. the layer of disintegrated and decomposed rock fragments, including soil, just above the solid rock of the earth s crust; regolith. [1890 95] * * * mantle rock noun Loose rock at the earth s surface • • • Main Entry: ↑mantle * * *… …

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  • 3mantle rock — Physical Geog. the layer of disintegrated and decomposed rock fragments, including soil, just above the solid rock of the earth s crust; regolith. [1890 95] * * * …

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  • 4mantle rock — /mæntl ˈrɒk/ (say mantl rok) noun the layer of disintegrated and decomposed rock fragments, including soil, just above the solid rock of the earth s crust; regolith …

  • 5mantle — [man′təl] n. [ME mantel < OE mentel & OFr mantel, both < L mantellum, mantelum, a cloth, napkin, cloak, mantle < ? Celt] 1. a loose, sleeveless cloak or cape: sometimes used figuratively, in allusion to royal robes of state, as a symbol… …

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  • 6Mantle Hood — (June 24, 1918 – July 31, 2005) was an American ethnomusicologist. Among other areas, he specialized in studying gamelan music from Indonesia. Hood pioneered, in the 1950s and 1960s, a new approach to the study of music, and the creation at UCLA… …

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  • 7Mantle — may refer to: Mantle (clothing), a cloak like garment worn mainly by women as fashionable outerwear Mantle, part of the bird anatomy Mantle (climbing), a rock climbing move used to surmount a ledge Mantle, a black and white dog coat colour,… …

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  • 8Mantle's Cave — U.S. National Register of Historic Places …

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  • 9mantle — man tle, n. [OE. mantel, OF. mantel, F. manteau, fr. L. mantellum, mantelum, a cloth, napkin, cloak, mantle (cf. mantele, mantile, towel, napkin); prob. from manus hand + the root of tela cloth. See {Manual}, {Textile}, and cf. {Mandil}, {Mantel} …

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  • 10Rock-climbing equipment — Rock climbing History Styles Technique Equipment and protection Grades (difficulty of climb) Terminology Belaying Abseiling …

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