rockmass
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -æs
Noun[edit]
rockmass (countable and uncountable, plural rockmasses)
- A mass of rock.
- 1995, F. B. J. Barends, Frits J. J. Brouwer, Frans H. Schröder, Land Subsidence: By Fluid Withdrawal, by Solid Extraction: Theory and Modelling, Environmental Effects and Remedial Measures: Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium on Land Subsidence:
- The mechanical characteristics of the host rockmass above and below the mine workings are highly anisotropic and complex […]
- 1997, Paul G. Marinos, Engineering Geology and the Environment, volume 1, page 445:
- Weak intercalation which is comparatively weak and small bedded geological unit and which usually includes fault and thin weak rock, is one of the most important subject[sic] in rockmass mechanics.