Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

alloformation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: allo-for-ma-tion
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The fundamental allostratigraphic unit, which may be considered part of an allogroup and may be made up of smaller allomembers; A mappable stratiform body of sedimentary rock that is bounded by discontinuities.

Example Sentences

"This area is not part of a steep range front with deeply incised stream valleys, so the disconformity between the alloformations does not have the great (tens to more than 100 m) relief that is found elsewhere along the Wasatch front."
"An alloformation may be completely or only partly divided into allomembers, if some useful purpose is served, or it many have no allomembers."
"The concept of alloformations has added useful rigor to the conventional geomorphic tool of mapping and correlating fluvial geomorphic events by the landforms they leave behind."

Inflected Forms

alloformations (plural)

Questions

What does alloformation mean?: The fundamental allostratigraphic unit, which may be considered part of an allogroup and may be made up of smaller allomembers; A mappable stratiform body of sedimentary rock that is bounded by discontinuities.

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