geological phenomenon
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1. a natural phenomenon involving the structure or composition of the earth (noun.phenomenon)
| hypernym | : | natural phenomenon, |
| definition | : | all phenomena that are not artificial (noun.phenomenon) |
| hyponym | : | earthquake, quake, seism, temblor, |
| definition | : | shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity (noun.event) |
| hyponym | : | endogeny, |
| definition | : | a geological phenomenon below the surface of the earth (noun.phenomenon) |
| hyponym | : | alluvial cone, alluvial fan, |
| definition | : | a fan-shaped deposit where a fast flowing stream flattens out (noun.phenomenon) |
| hyponym | : | cataclysm, catastrophe, |
| definition | : | a sudden violent change in the earth's surface (noun.phenomenon) |
| hyponym | : | continental drift, |
| definition | : | the gradual movement and formation of continents (as described by plate tectonics) (noun.phenomenon) |
| hyponym | : | alluvion, deluge, flood, inundation, |
| definition | : | the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land (noun.phenomenon) |
| hyponym | : | frost heave, frost heaving, |
| definition | : | upthrust of ground or pavement caused by the freezing of moist soil (noun.phenomenon) |
| hyponym | : | transgression, |
| definition | : | the spreading of the sea over land as evidenced by the deposition of marine strata over terrestrial strata (noun.phenomenon) |
| hyponym | : | volcanism, |
| definition | : | the phenomena associated with volcanic activity (noun.phenomenon) |
| domain category | : | geology, |
| definition | : | a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks (noun.cognition) |
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