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[rɪft]1) (disagreement) incrinatura f., screzio m.; (permanent) spaccatura f., rottura f., frattura f.2) (split) (in rock) crepa f., fenditura f., crepaccio m.; (in clouds) squarcio m.* * *[rift]1) (a split or crack.) fessura, fenditura2) (a disagreement between friends.) contrasto, divergenza* * *rift /rɪft/n.1 dissenso; contrasto: a rift between two political factions, un dissenso tra due fazioni politiche; to heal a rift, sanare un contrasto; She dismissed rumours of a rift with her husband, ha negato le voci di suoi contrasti con il marito2 fessura; squarcio: a rift in the clouds, uno squarcio nelle nubi; a rift in the rock, una fessura nella roccia(to) rift /rɪft/A v. t.fendere; spaccare; squarciareB v. i.fendersi; spaccarsi; squarciarsi.* * *[rɪft]1) (disagreement) incrinatura f., screzio m.; (permanent) spaccatura f., rottura f., frattura f.2) (split) (in rock) crepa f., fenditura f., crepaccio m.; (in clouds) squarcio m.
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Rift-Valley — (engl. für „Grabenbruch“) bezeichnet: den Großen Afrikanischen Grabenbruch eine Provinz in Kenia, siehe Rift Valley (Kenia) … Deutsch Wikipedia
Rift Valley — (engl. für „Grabenbruch“) bezeichnet: den Großen Afrikanischen Grabenbruch eine Provinz in Kenia, siehe Rift Valley (Kenia) … Deutsch Wikipedia
Rift Valley — (la) ou Rift (le) suite de dépressions de l Afrique de l Est, jalonnant une faille qui s allonge de la vallée du Jourdain au Malawi; la Rift Valley est occupée par des plaines étroites et de nombreux lacs (V. Grands Lacs). De nombreuses… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Rift Valley — GREAT RIFT VALLEY … English World dictionary
rift-valley — see rift n.2 4 … Useful english dictionary
rift valley — rift .valley n a valley with very steep sides, formed by the cracking and moving of the Earth s surface … Dictionary of contemporary English
rift valley — rift ,valley noun count a valley with steep sides, produced when the land between two parallel cracks in the ground sinks … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Rift valley — A rift valley is a linear shaped lowland between highlands or mountain ranges created by the action of a geologic rift or fault. This action is manifest as crustal extension, a spreading apart of the surface which is subsequently further deepened … Wikipedia
rift valley — Geol. 1. graben. 2. a subsea chasm extending along the crest of a mid ocean ridge, locus of the magma upwellings that accompany seafloor spreading. [1890 95] * * * Elongated trough formed by the subsidence of a segment of the Earth s crust… … Universalium
rift valley — noun a valley with steep sides; formed by a rift in the earth s crust • Hypernyms: ↑valley, ↑vale • Instance Hyponyms: ↑Great Rift Valley * * * noun, pl ⋯ leys [count] geology : a long, steep valley formed when two parallel rifts form in the… … Useful english dictionary
rift valley — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms rift valley : singular rift valley plural rift valleys a valley with steep sides, produced when the land between two parallel cracks in the ground sinks … English dictionary