| 单词 | earth shrinkage |
| 释义 | > as lemmasearth shrinkage earth shrinkage n. Geology (now rare) a hypothesized contraction of the earth over time, formerly attributed to a cooling of the earth's interior and used to explain the formation of mountain ranges. ΚΠ 1898 Nebraska State Jrnl. 23 Feb. 5/6 Slight additions to the mass of the earth are constantly made by the arrest of meteoric bodies passing through the atmosphere. Their influence is opposed to and rends to neutralize that of any earth shrinkage that may be going on. 1926 R. S. Lull Org. Evol. 687 Back of these climatic changes lies, as one of the great fundamental causes, earth shrinkage, with a consequent warping of the crust which produces mountain ranges. 1942 Science 16 Jan. 72/1 Dr. Gamow ascribes mountain-making to earth shrinkage, although he correctly computes as extremely small the amount of such shrinkage. < as lemmas |
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