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单词 virgation
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virgationn.

Etymology: < Latin virga twig + -ation suffix.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: virˈgation.
Geology.
A system of faults branching out like twigs from a bough.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > discontinuity or unconformity > [noun] > fault > system
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fracture-system1922
1897 Geogr. Jrnl. 9 87 The Western Balkans form in their southern part six ranges, the orographical expression of a geological ‘virgation’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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