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тектонические напряжения
Англо-русский словарь технических терминов. 2005.
Англо-русский словарь технических терминов. 2005.
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diastrophism — diastrophic /duy euh strof ik, stroh fik/, adj. diastrophically, adv. /duy as treuh fiz euhm/, n. Geol. 1. Also called tectonism. the action of the forces that cause the earth s crust to be deformed, producing continents, mountains, changes of… … Universalium
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