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postglacial rebound

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.42 in modern English

Syllables
post-glacial re-bound
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
3
Syllables
15
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The rise of the lithosphere in areas which were depressed by the weight of a continental ice sheet during the last ice age.

Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

postglacial rebounds (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

isostasy

Synonyms

continental rebound glacial isostasy glacial isostatic adjustment isostatic uplift

Questions

What does postglacial rebound mean?
The rise of the lithosphere in areas which were depressed by the weight of a continental ice sheet during the last ice age.

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