stoping

[ stoh-ping ]

nounGeology.
  1. a process by which magmas move upward in the earth by breaking off and engulfing blocks of overlying rocks.

Origin of stoping

1
First recorded in 1770–80; stope + -ing1

Words Nearby stoping

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  • You can't do under'and stoping in a mine—go down on a vein, you know.

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British Dictionary definitions for stoping

stoping

/ (ˈstəʊpɪŋ) /


noun
  1. geology the process by which country rock is broken up and engulfed by the upward movement of magma: Also called: magmatic stoping See also stope

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