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• Terrace, British Columbia — Infobox Settlement official name = City of Terrace other name = native name = nickname = settlement type = City motto = imagesize = 220px image caption = Welcome sign flag size = image seal size = image shield = shield size = city logo = citylogo …   Wikipedia

• Terrace Motorway Tunnel — The Terrace Tunnel takes the Wellington Urban Motorway (SH1) under The Terrace in central Wellington, New Zealand. Opened in 1978, it is 460 metres in length.DesignThe tunnel has three traffic lanes, one southbound and two northbound. The merge… …   Wikipedia

• Terrace deposit — A terrace deposit is geological term for a flat platform of land created alongside of a river or sea, where, at some time in the past, the river has cut itself a deeper channel. The former floodplain of the river is therefore at a higher point… …   Wikipedia

• Terrace (agriculture) — In agriculture, a terrace is a leveled section of a hilly cultivated area, designed as a method of soil conservation to slow or prevent the rapid surface runoff of irrigation water. Often such land is formed into multiple terraces, giving a… …   Wikipedia

• terrace */*/ — UK [ˈterəs] / US noun [countable] Word forms terrace : singular terrace plural terraces 1) a) a row of houses all of the same type, built so that they join together b) British a terraced house 2) a flat area outside a house, restaurant, hotel etc …   English dictionary

• terrace, marine —       a rock terrace formed where a sea cliff, with a wave cut platform (q.v.) before it, is raised above sea level. * * * …   Universalium

• terrace — ter|race [ˈterıs] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(houses)¦ 2¦(place you can sit)¦ 3¦(football)¦ 4¦(flat land)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1500 1600; : Old French; Origin: pile of earth, terrace , from Old Provençal terrassa, from Latin terra earth, land ] …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• cut and fill —    A process of leveling, whereby material eroded from one place by waves, currents, streams, or winds is deposited nearby until the surfaces of erosion and deposition are continuous and uniformly graded; especially lateral erosion on the concave …   Glossary of landform and geologic terms

• terrace —    [ geomorphology ]    A step like surface, bordering a valley floor or shoreline, that represents the former position of a flood plain, or lake or sea shore. The term is usually applied to both the relatively flat summit surface (tread), cut or …   Glossary of landform and geologic terms

• terrace — noun (C) 1 HOUSES especially BrE a row of houses that are joined to each other, or a street with one of these rows in it: 21 Chestnut Terrace 2 PLACE YOU CAN SIT an area, especially next to a hotel or restaurant, where people can sit outside to… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• cut terrace — noun geology : a bench or platform cut by waves at the base of a cliff applied especially after the bench has emerged …   Useful english dictionary