hardrock
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.95 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The federal system for "hardrocks," pursuant to the Mining Law of 1872, allows the discovery, location, and development of these minerals without payment to the federal government."
- "Reflection coefficients calculated from impedance contrasts between felsic and mafic rocks and other common lithologies in hardrock terranes often exceed 6%, the estimated minimum value required to give strong reflections."
- "In this context, you asked us to provide information on (1) which types of royalties the 12 western states assess on hardrock mining operations and (2) trends on imports and exports of hardrock minerals."
- "The Western U.S. sample was separated into the recording site categories of hardrock ( i.e., crystalline rock outcrop) , intermediate ( i.e., sedimentary rock or thin alluvium) and alluvium ( i.e., thick alluvium), and average residuals were computed for each of the three subsets."
- "Its importance lies in the fact that hardrock areas cover the greater part of peninsular India. Moreover, many hardrock areas are drought-prone, making irrigation essential for reliable cropping."
- "Being geologically characterised by shallow topsoil layers overlying the hardrocks of the Deccan, the groundwater resources in this ecozone are localised pockets of water percolating through fissures and cracks in the hardrocks."