单词 | aggradation |
释义 | † aggradationn.1 Obsolete. rare. Used in the subscription of letters: pleasure, happiness.Apparently only recorded in the Lisle Letters. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > [noun] lustc888 lustfulnessa900 queemnesseOE mirtheOE estec1000 winOE queemc1175 sweetness?c1225 solace1297 dutea1300 lustinga1300 joyingc1300 jollityc1330 lustiheadc1369 lustinessc1374 sweet1377 voluptyc1380 well-pleasinga1382 pleasancec1385 pleasurea1393 volupta1398 easementc1400 pleasingc1400 complacencec1436 pleasec1475 satisfaction1477 likancea1500 oblectation1508 beauty1523 aggradation1533 pleasurancec1540 joc1560 likement1577 contentment1587 beloving1589 gratification1598 savouriness1599 entertain1601 pleasedness1626 well-apaidness1633 well-pleasedness1633 pleasingness1649 complacency1652 adlubescence1656 enjoyment1665 volupe1669 musica1674 pleasantry1740 barrel of fun (laughs, etc.)1915 society > communication > correspondence > letter > letter or note [phrase] > concluding phrases your (affectionate, very, etc.) friend1454 aggradation1533 Yours ever1564 yours faithfully1564 I (will) remain1600 pro bono publico1640 sincerely1702 regards1775 yours respectfully?1777 yours truly1788 1533 Ld. Lisle et al. Let. in State Papers Henry VIII (P.R.O.: SP 1/78) f. 185 As Crist knowth who sende you long lyffe in helthe, to yor most gentill hertes aggradacion. 1535 J. Husee Let. 27 Jan. in Lisle Papers (P.R.O.: SP 3/12/105) f. 120 [God] preserve yor ladiship in long liffe wt honor to yor most hertes aggradacion. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2021). aggradationn.2 Physical Geography. The process by which the level of a land surface is raised as a result of the deposition of detrital material by a river, current, or other agency. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > sedimentation > [noun] > aggradation aggradation1893 1893 R. D. Salisbury in Ann. Rep. State Geologist N.J. 1892 i. vii. 103 A deep filling, or, what is the same, extensive aggradation, would result in a wider flood plain, higher than the old valley bottom. 1904 T. C. Chamberlin & R. D. Salisbury Geol. (1905) I. i. 2 The deposition of material, whether on the land or in the sea, is aggradation. 1937 S. W. Wooldridge & R. S. Morgan Physical Basis Geogr. xii. 173 Flood alluviation, like aggradation by gravel, is closely linked with the development of meanders. 1979 R. Anderton et al. Dynamic Stratigr. Brit. Isles xvii. 268/1 Several subsequent episodes of aggradation and incision have left behind a series of river terraces in the Thames Basin. 2000 Land & Water Sept. 18/2 A high sediment load from inner gorge landslides..and a low gradient in the lower reaches of the creek caused aggradation. Derivatives ˌaggraˈdational adj. ΚΠ 1896 National Geographic Mag. Sept. 297 Extensive slopes of degradational and aggradational origin. 1976 Nature 19 Feb. 529/1 A detailed examination of the aggradational sequences along the Queensland coast. 2005 G. D. Corner in M. Seppälä Physical Geogr. Fennoscandia (2008) xii. 217/1 The Tapes shoreline often comprises a large beach ridge or ridge complex in outer regions, and an erosional or aggradational terrace in some inner areas. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.11533n.21893 |
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