the dip of a vein

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• dip — dip1 dippable, adj., n. /dip/, v., dipped or (Archaic) dipt; dipping; n. v.t. 1. to plunge (something, as a cloth or sponge) temporarily into a liquid, so as to moisten it, dye it, or cause it to take up some of the liquid: He dipped the brush… …   Universalium

• dip — [dip] vt. dipped or occas.Now Rare dipt, dipping [ME dippen < OE dyppan, to immerse < Gmc * dup , to be deep: see DIMPLE] 1. to put into or under liquid for a moment and then quickly take out; immerse 2. to dye in this way 3. to clean… …   English World dictionary

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• dip — I [[t]dɪp[/t]] v. dipped, dip•ping, n. 1) to plunge temporarily into a liquid, so as to moisten, dye, or take up some of the liquid 2) to take up by bailing or ladling: to dip water out of a boat[/ex] 3) to lower and raise: to dip a flag in… …   From formal English to slang

• dip — [c]/dɪp / (say dip) verb (dipped, dipping) –verb (t) 1. to plunge temporarily into a liquid, as to wet or to take up some of the liquid. 2. to raise or take up by dipping action; lift by bailing or scooping: to dip water out of a boat. 3. to… …  

• dip fault — Fault Fault, n. [OE. faut, faute, F. faute (cf. It., Sp., & Pg. falta), fr. a verb meaning to want, fail, freq., fr. L. fallere to deceive. See {Fail}, and cf. {Default}.] 1. Defect; want; lack; default. [1913 Webster] One, it pleases me, for… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• dip — In mining,–the downward course of the vein. Dip and depth are of the same origin– dip is the direction or inclination toward the depth –and it is throughout their depth that veins may be followed, and that is surely their downward course. Duggan… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• Robert Were Fox the Younger — Robert Were Fox FRS (26 April 1789 ndash; 25 July 1877) was an English geologist, natural philosopher and inventor.He is known mainly for his work on the temperature of the earth and his construction of a compass to measure magnetic dip at sea.… …   Wikipedia

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• apex — The summit or highest point of anything; the top; e.g., in mining law, apex of a vein. See Larkin v. Upton, 144 U.S. 19, 12 S.Ct. 614, 36 L.Ed. 330. An apex is all that portion of a terminal edge of a mineral vein from which the vein has… …   Black's law dictionary