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ruina montium

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ru-ina -mon-tium
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A mining technique in Ancient Rome, similar in principle to Pascal's barrel, where miners would excavate narrow cavities in a mountain and fill them with water to cause pressures high enough to fragment the rock.

Uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ruīna montium (“collapse of mountains”).

Usage

Questions

What does ruina montium mean?
A mining technique in Ancient Rome, similar in principle to Pascal's barrel, where miners would excavate narrow cavities in a mountain and fill them with water to cause pressures high enough to fragment the rock.
Where does ruina montium come from?
Borrowed from Latin ruīna montium (“collapse of mountains”).

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