cross-bedded

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(krôs′bed′id, kros′-)


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cross-bed•ded  (krôs′bed′id, kros′-),USA pronunciation adj. [Geol.]
  1. Geologyhaving irregular laminations, as strata of sandstone, inclining in various directions not coincident with the general stratification.
  • cross- + bedded (see bed, -ed2)
cross′-bed′ding, n. 


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