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terrace
A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
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terrace. 1. Embankment or prepared and levelled mass of earth in e.g. a garden.
2. Any artificial or built level platform for promenading, with a vertical or sloping front or sides faced with masonry, turf, etc., and sometimes having a
balustrade, often adjacent to a coun-try-house.
3. One of several platforms, as on a hillside or in a
stadium, furnished with seats.
4. Loggia or external usable space, e.g. roof-garden.
5. Series of houses joined together in one row, as in the
Georgian terraces of the British Isles.
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Philippine rice terraces endangered by erosion.(Society)
Newspaper article from: Manila Bulletin; 4/29/2003; 700+ words
; ...attraction, and yet the spectacular rice terraces north of the Philippine archipelago have...so-called Stairway to the Sky. The terraces are rapidly deteriorating even though...province housing some of the ancient terraces. The thick upland forests protecting...
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Terrace BC Promotes Their Green Spaces in a Green Way.
News Wire article from: PRWeb; 4/10/2009; 700+ words
; ...guide, which highlights Terrace hotels (http://www...protect it." The City of Terrace is located amidst the thick...mountain slopes on a series of terraces that were shaped by glaciers thousands of years ago. Terrace is one of the oldest...
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Residential terrace excavations at El Palmillo, Oaxaca, Mexico. (News & Notes).(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Antiquity; 3/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...field seasons, we have excavated five terraces -- four adjacent terraces near the base of the hill, and one terrace higher up the slope. We found domestic architecture on all five terraces; residential complexes filled most...
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Vecima Terrace MDU Gateway Receives 5 Diamonds in the 2009 BGR Diamond Technology Review.
News Wire article from: Marketwire Canada; 10/26/2009; 700+ words
; ...wireless networks, today announced that its Terrace MDU Gateway has received a 5 Diamond rating...Technology Review. Additionally, Vecima's Terrace QAM Hospitality Gateway has received a...opinion from the panel. "Vecima Networks' Terrace MDU gateway garnered a stellar response...
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Windsor Terrace on edge.
Magazine article from: The Real Deal; 12/31/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...estate slowdown is causing Windsor Terrace to wobble. But unlike some other up-and-coming neighborhoods, Windsor Terrace has the distinction of being on the...and the Greenwood Cemetery, Windsor Terrace is still "a little undiscovered...
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 "WI State Journal (Madison, WI)")
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Monona Terrace at the 10-year mark.
Newspaper article from: WI State Journal (Madison, WI); 7/15/2007; 700+ words
; ...left the official dedication of Monona Terrace in July 1997, he stopped in front of...opened Restaurant Magnus there. "(Monona Terrace) actually became that kick in the pants...Ten years old this month, Monona Terrace -- as well as other major developments...
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Terraces spark interest in urban redevelopment in South Florida.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 8/2/2004; 700+ words
; ...projects with rooftop terraces in Fort Lauderdale...built his first terrace-equipped townhome...consequences to having a terrace with a view, Naugle...the 50 condos have terraces. Initially, only...Our rooftop terraces are equivalent to...months ago, said the terrace off her ...
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Ifugao rice terraces may lose status as 8th Wonder of World
Newspaper article from: Filipino Reporter; 7/3/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...to save the 5,000-year-old rice terraces in Ifugao province, the United Nations...correspondent that one-third of the Ifugao rice terraces carved from the Cordillera mountainsides...UNESCO for the inclusion of the rice terraces in the Heritage List, nothing has been...
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 "The Record (Bergen County, NJ)")
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Hiking: Terrace Pond, Wawayanda State Park
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 8/26/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...County, NJ) 08-26-2005 Hiking: Terrace Pond, Wawayanda State Park DANIEL CHAZIN...puddingstone rock outcrops to reach beautiful Terrace Pond. LENGTH: 6.4 miles. DIFFICULTY...white blazes that mark the start of the Terrace Pond Red Trail. Turn right and follow...
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Barren terraces lure liquid-gold investors
Newspaper article from: The Press; 8/26/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...for the barren, stony river terraces upon which returned servicemen...owners of the "useless" river terraces are making their fortune by...share were two stony river terraces along Te Muna Road, in the...Inspecting the weed-strewn top terrace back in 1981, a valuer told...
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coral terraces
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Earth
coral terraces A coral terrace is a special type...series of small terraces. At Huon Peninsula...the Holocene coral terrace reaches up to 25...span. Such small terraces can also be found in late Pleistocene terrace profiles at Huon...
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terrace
Book article from: A Dictionary of Ecology
terrace A nearly flat portion of a landscape which is terminated by a steep edge. It may be produced by any one of a range of processes, so the following varieties are recognized: altiplanation terrace, kame terrace, river terrace , shore platform , and solifluction terrace.
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Terrace
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms
Terrace a series of things, especially houses. Examples : living terrace of crippled children, 1896; terraces of gravel (geology), 1878; of houses (e.g., Adelphi Terrace), 1796.
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terraces, coral
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Earth
terraces, coral see coral terraces
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stream terrace
Book article from: A Dictionary of Ecology
stream terrace See river terrace .
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