line of dip
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English
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Strike_and_dip.png/220px-Strike_and_dip.png)
Noun
[edit]line of dip (plural lines of dip)
- (geology) A line in the plane of a stratum, or part of a stratum, perpendicular to its intersection with a horizontal plane; the line of greatest inclination of a stratum to the horizon
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- “line of dip”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Strike and dip on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “line”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.