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A mass of rock
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nappe
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In geology a nappe is a complex recumbent fold system. In geometry , a nappe is half of a double cone . In engineering a nappe can also refer to a sheet of water flowing over a dam or similar structure. In cooking , nappe refers to either the ability of ...
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n. 1 The profile of a body of water flowing over an obstruction in a vertical drop. 2 (context mathematics English) Either of the two parts of a double cone. 3 (context geology English) A sheet-like mass of rock that has been folded over adjacent strata. ...
Usage examples of nappe.
She drew near the sacred Unghatti circle, the one place in all the village forbidden to all nappe, the outsiders.
Tikitu listened to the zip, zip, zip of the nappe darts as they sliced through the air.
Any hard radiation forward of the red-shifted meniscus intersects the nappe of the cone made by the field.