Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

palinspastic

/pælɪnˈspæstɪk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pal-in-spas-tic
IPA: /pælɪnˈspæstɪk/

18

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Showing the previous location of geological features, correcting for any intervening crustal movements.

Example Sentences

"To improve the accuracy of spatial reconstruction through time, it is necessary to estimate and restore bulk strain by working backward in time so that the maps represent palinspastic reconstructions of geologic development."
"Exactly when the first palinspastic reconstruction was published is uncertain."
"2009, K. Ustaszewski, et al., A map-view restoration of Alpine-Carpathian-Dinaridic system for the early Miocene, Nikolaus Froitzheim, Stefan M. Schmid (editors), Orogenic Processes in the Alpine Collision Zone, Swiss Journal of Geosciences Supplementary Issue, page S276, Another set of palinspastic restorations aimed at restoring tectonic units based on the quantification of shortening amounts derived from balanced cross sections or from restoring offsets along major strike-slip faults."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πάλιν (pálin, “again”) + σπαστικός (spastikós, “drawing”).

Derived Forms

palinspastically

Rhymes With

fantastic plastic enthusiastic drastic sarcastic elastic stochastic monastic dynastic spastic bombastic thermoplastic

Questions

How do you pronounce palinspastic?: The recorded pronunciation is /pælɪnˈspæstɪk/.
What does palinspastic mean?: Showing the previous location of geological features, correcting for any intervening crustal movements.
Where does palinspastic come from?: From Ancient Greek πάλιν (pálin, “again”) + σπαστικός (spastikós, “drawing”).

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