Definitions for crustal

crustal crus·tal

Spelling: [kruhs-tl]
IPA: /ˈkrʌs tl/

Crustal is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 222 anagrams from letters in crustal (aclrstu).

Definitions for crustal

adjective

  1. of or relating to a crust, as of the earth.

Origin of crustal

1855-60; Latin crūst(a) shell, crust + -al1

Examples for crustal

Why crustal movements occur is not definitely known though many theories have been advanced to explain them.

He does not allow the "crustal relief" to have the upper hand in the matter.

The fundamental conception of geography is form, including 620 the figure of the earth and the varieties of crustal relief.

Two kinds of crustal movement, as we have seen, are recognised by geologists.

Professor C. Lapworth has generalized the grand features of crustal relief in a scheme of attractive simplicity.

Like its European parallel, it has been diminished by sedimentation and crustal movements.

Geologists would report on the crustal relief (as the features of Mother-Earth are inelegantly termed).

Thus we conclude that while climatic changes and crustal movements usually occur together, they may occur separately.

Moreover, in most cases, they are not reversible as are the crustal and solar phenomena.

The dominant forms result from crustal movements, the subsidiary from secondary reactions Geology and land forms.

Word Value for crustal
Scrable

9

Words with friends

12

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