单词 | stoping |
释义 | stopingn. a. The action of stope v. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > mining > [noun] > excavating or sinking of shaft sinking1613 raising-pair1747 stoping1778 sumping1824 drifting1853 shafting1872 1778 W. Pryce Mineralogia Cornubiensis 97 When met with in stopeing, or driving as aforesaid, they commonly say, ‘It is a stope of dead ground.’ 1903 Westm. Gaz. 16 Sept. 9/1 We have good reason to believe that actual stopings..will expose a much larger amount than can now be seen. b. Geology. The process by which intruding magma detaches blocks of the surrounding rock. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > tectonization or diastrophism > [noun] > intrusion > stoping stoping1903 1903 R. A. Daly in Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 165 272 (heading) The hypothesis of overhead stoping† by deep-seated magmas. [Note] †A technical mining term meaning to excavate upwards or sideways to remove ore. 1903 R. A. Daly in Bull. U.S. Geol. Surv. No. 209. 102 Magmatic stoping would tend to weaken the earth's crust immediately above the intruding body. 1939 E. B. Bailey & J. Weir Introd. Geol. xlii. 237 On the whole, stoping is probably the most important method of emplacement. 1977 A. Hallam Planet Earth 69/1 Intrusions are emplaced in various ways: for example,..by stoping, a process of gradual movement involving the dislodging of the blocks of country rock and their incorporation—perhaps even assimilation—into the magma. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1778 |
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