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单词 palinspastic
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palinspasticadj.n.

Brit. /ˌpalᵻnˈspastɪk/, U.S. /ˌpælənˈspæstɪk/
Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Greek πάλιν, σπαστικός.
Etymology: < ancient Greek πάλιν again (see palinodia n.) + σπαστικός drawing in (see spastic adj.).Apparently coined by G. M. Kay (see quot. 1937 at sense A.).
Geology.
A. adj.
Of a map, diagram, etc.: representing features, esp. layers of rock, in what are presumed to be their original positions.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > earth sciences > geography > map-making > [adjective] > methods
palinspastic1937
1937 G. M. Kay in Bull. Geol. Soc. Amer. 48 291 The resulting map displays the several slices in their conceived relative positions... The name palinspastic..is proposed for base maps of this character.
1945 Bull. Amer. Assoc. Petroleum Geologists 29 435 Palinspastic maps..have been used to illustrate concepts of continental drift and of intracontinental movements in the development of mountain systems.
1971 Nature 2 Apr. 319/1 Fig. 2 is an upper Palaeocene palinspastic reconstruction of Fig. 1.
2000 Scout Rep. Archives (Internet Scout Project) (Electronic text) 1 Sept. The Earth History section features..a series of eight schematic palinspastic reconstructions of New Zealand paleogeography from the Latest Cretaceous period to the present.
B. n.
A palinspastic map; (in plural) the production or study of such maps.
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the world > the earth > earth sciences > geography > map-making > [noun] > methods
field sketching1834
iconometry1898
palinspastic1945
1945 Bull. Amer. Assoc. Petroleum Geologists 29 426 Palinspastics concern the placement of rocks in their relative original positions.
1981 Eos (U.S.) 62 220 (title) Upper Triassic (Norian) facieszones in the Alp-Carpath-Dinarian System and their significance in the early Mesozoic palinspastics of the Carpathian Basin.
1994 Geol. Soc. Amer. Abstr. with Programs Feb. 66/1 (title) Pre-Mesozoic palinspastics reconstruction of the eastern Great Basin (western united States).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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