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• abrupt — adjective 1) an abrupt halt an abrupt change of subject Syn: sudden, unexpected, without warning, unanticipated, unforeseen, precipitate, precipitous, surprising, startling; quick, swift, rapid, hurried, hasty, imme …   Thesaurus of popular words

• abrupt — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. sudden, precipitate, short, curt; steep, precipitous, sheer; sudden or sharp (turn, etc.); jerky. See instantaneity.Ant., gradual. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [ Said of things, usually landscape ] Syn …   English dictionary for students

• abrupt — adjective 1》 sudden and unexpected. 2》 brief to the point of rudeness; curt. 3》 (of a slope) steep. Derivatives abruptly adverb abruptness noun Origin C16: from L. abruptus broken off, steep , from abrumpere, from ab away, from + rumpere break …   English new terms dictionary

• mesa — noun Etymology: Spanish, literally, table, from Latin mensa Date: 1840 an isolated relatively flat topped natural elevation usually more extensive than a butte and less extensive than a plateau; also a broad terrace with an abrupt slope on one… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Battle of Tacna — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of Tacna caption= Drawing of the Battle of Tacna partof=War of the Pacific date=May 26, 1880 place= Department of Tacna, Perú result= Decisive Chilean victoryEnd of the Peru Bolivian alliance… …   Wikipedia

• Spain — • This name properly signifies the whole peninsula which forms the south western extremity of Europe. Since the political separation of Portugal, however, the name has gradually come to be restricted to the largest of the four political divisions …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Nilokeras Scopulus — False color oblique view of Nilokeras Scopulus looking north. The cratered plateau at top is Tempe Terra. The dark greenish, smooth area at bottom is floodplain of Kasei Valles. The light blue area at bottom left is a portion of the (younger)… …   Wikipedia

• Glasgow —    GLASGOW, a city, the seat of a university, and a sea port, having separate jurisdiction, locally in the Lower ward of the county of Lanark, and situated in longitude 4° 15 51 (W.), and latitude 55° 52 10 (N.), 23 miles (E. by S.) from Greenock …   A Topographical dictionary of Scotland

• Hydraulic jump — A hydraulic jump is a phenomenon in the science of hydraulics which is frequently observed in open channel flow such as rivers and spillways. When liquid at high velocity discharges into a zone of lower velocity, a rather abrupt rise (a step or… …   Wikipedia

• river — river1 riverless, adj. riverlike, adj. /riv euhr/, n. 1. a natural stream of water of fairly large size flowing in a definite course or channel or series of diverging and converging channels. 2. a similar stream of something other than water: a… …   Universalium

• Current sea level rise — This article is about the current and future rise in sea level associated with global warming. For sea level changes in Earth s history, see Sea level#Changes through geologic time. Sea level measurements from 23 long tide gauge records in… …   Wikipedia