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quaquaversal

[ kwey-kwuh-vur-suhl ]

adjective

  1. (of a geological formation) sloping downward from the center in all directions.


quaquaversal

/ ˌkwɑːkwəˈvɜːsəl /

adjective

  1. geology directed outwards in all directions from a common centre

    the quaquaversal dip of a pericline

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Other Words From

  • quaqua·versal·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of quaquaversal1

First recorded in 1690–1710; from Latin quāquā vers(us) literally, “wheresoever turned, turned everywhere” ( verse 1( def ) ) + -al 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of quaquaversal1

C18: from Latin quāquā in every direction + versus towards
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Example Sentences

Van Herpen has been using the technology to create designs for years, but her most recent show — Quaquaversal — turns the 3D printers themselves into performers.

"The live process blends different techniques — laser cutting, hand weaving and 3D printing into one dress, which spreads from the centre, quaquaversal in its geometries."

The chief typographical feature of the state has long been known in the Ozark uplift, a broad plateau with gentle quaquaversal slopes rising to a height of more than one thousand five hundred feet above mean tide, and extending almost entirely across the southern part of the district.

To such dome-shaped mountains with a cavity in the middle, and with the inclined beds having what was called a quaquaversal dip or a slope outward on all sides, they gave the name of "Elevation craters."

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