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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

underdrag

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
un-der-drag
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The tensile stress exerted by an overthrust rock mass upon overlying rocks which themselves are not under compressive thrusting stress and therefore tend to be stretched and broken by normal faulting.

Uncountable

verb

To exert pull on the underside of (something).

Transitive verb

verb

To undergo a pull from the underside.

Intransitive verb

Etymology

From under- + drag.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

underdrags (plural) underdrags (present, singular) underdragging (participle, present) underdragged (participle, past) underdragged (past)

Questions

What does underdrag mean?
The tensile stress exerted by an overthrust rock mass upon overlying rocks which themselves are not under compressive thrusting stress and therefore tend to be stretched and broken by normal faulting.
Where does underdrag come from?
From under- + drag.

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