interbedv.
/ɪntəˈbɛd/ transitive. To embed amongst or between, to interstratify.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > sedimentary formation > [verb (transitive)] > interstratify
interbedc1806
interstratify1822
interdigitate1969
c1806 D. Wordsworth Jrnl. (1941) I. 252 These two islands..were intermingled with the water, I might say interbedded and interveined with it.
1858 A. Geikie Story of Boulder xi. 208 The strata interbedded among the Coal-seams.
1879 F. Rutley Study of Rocks xiii. 270 Crystalline schists, with which rocks serpentine is very commonly associated and interbedded.
Derivatives
interˈbedded adj. interstratified.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > sedimentary formation > [adjective] > of or belonging to a stratum > interstratified
intercalated1849
interstratified1849
interbedded1872
interfingering1960
1872 W. S. Symonds Rec. Rocks iv. 116 The highest inter~bedded igneous rocks.
interˈbedding n. interstratification.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > sedimentary formation > [noun] > stratum > position or direction of strata > interstratified condition
intercalation1841
interstratification1855
interbedding1879
1879 F. Rutley Study of Rocks iv. 32 In the interbedding of lava-flows.
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