erratic boulder

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• erratic boulder — erratic block or erratic boulder noun A mass of rock transported by ice and deposited at a distance • • • Main Entry: ↑erratic …   Useful english dictionary

• erratic block — or erratic boulder noun A mass of rock transported by ice and deposited at a distance • • • Main Entry: ↑erratic …   Useful english dictionary

• erratic — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin erraticus, from erratus, past participle of errare Date: 14th century 1. a. having no fixed course ; wandering < an erratic comet > b. archaic nomadic …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• erratic — erratically, adv. erraticism, n. /i rat ik/, adj. 1. deviating from the usual or proper course in conduct or opinion; eccentric; queer: erratic behavior. 2. having no certain or definite course; wandering; not fixed: erratic winds. 3. Geol.… …   Universalium

• erratic — er•rat•ic [[t]ɪˈræt ɪk[/t]] adj. 1) inconsistent or changeable in behavior; unpredictable 2) deviating from the usual or proper course; eccentric 3) having no certain or definite course; wandering; not fixed 4) gel (of a boulder, etc.) carried by …   From formal English to slang

• erratic — /əˈrætɪk / (say uh ratik), /i / (say ee ) adjective 1. deviating from the proper or usual course in conduct or opinion; eccentric. 2. having no certain course; wandering; not fixed: erratic winds. 3. Geology a. (of boulders, etc.) transported… …  

• Boulder Park — National Natural Landmark, along with the nearby Natural Landmarks McNeil Canyon Haystack Rocks and Sims Corner Eskers and Kames comprise several of the best examples of Pleistocene ice stagnation landforms in Washington. Feature include numerous …   Wikipedia

• erratic — [i rat′ik] adj. [ME erratik < OFr erratique < L erraticus, wandering < pp. of errare: see ERR] 1. having no fixed course or purpose; irregular; random; wandering 2. deviating from the normal, conventional, or customary course; eccentric; …   English World dictionary

• Erratic Rock State Natural Site — Infobox park park= Erratic Rock State Natural Site image size=250px caption=Erratic rock with Yamhill Valley in background type=Public, state location=Yamhill County, Oregon, United States coordinates= coord|45.1399977| 123.2929087|type:mountain… …   Wikipedia

• Boulder — In geology, a boulder is a rock with grain size of usually no less than 256 mm (10 inches) diameter. While a boulder may be small enough to move or roll manually, others are extremely massive.In common usage, a boulder is too large for a person… …   Wikipedia

• erratic — [ɪ ratɪk] adjective not even or regular in pattern or movement. noun (also erratic block or boulder) Geology a large rock that differs from the surrounding rock, brought from a distance by glacial action. Derivatives erratically adverb erraticism …   English new terms dictionary