nappe
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /nap/
nappe (plural nappes)
- The profile of a body of water flowing over an obstruction in a vertical drop.
- (mathematics) Either of the two parts of a double cone.
- (geology) A sheet-like mass of rock that has been folded over adjacent strata.
- 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 96:
- The generation of an Alpine mountain range is a matter of piling on the nappes.
- 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 96:
- (hydraulics) Geological nappe whose underside is not in contact with the overflow structure and is at ambient atmospheric pressure.
- (cooking) The ability of a liquid to coat the back of a spoon, etc.
- Spanish: napa de agua
- Spanish: napa tectónica
nappe (nappes, present participle napping; past and past participle napped)
- (cooking) To coat (a food) with liquid.
- to nappe a leg of lamb with glaze
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