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palimpsest
palimpsest A landscape that bears the imprint of two or more sets of geomorphological processes. For example, much of the Sahel region of Africa shows land-forms resulting from former wet and dry episodes. The word is derived from the Greek palimpsestos, ‘to rub smooth again’, and is also used for a re-used parchment, paper, or ornamental brass whose original writing or engraving has been only partially erased and for a sedimentary structure in which one set of trace fossils has been partly over-written by another. See RELAXATION.
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AILSA ALLABY and MICHAEL ALLABY. "palimpsest." A Dictionary of Earth Sciences. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. 9 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. AILSA ALLABY and MICHAEL ALLABY. "palimpsest." A Dictionary of Earth Sciences. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. (February 9, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O13-palimpsest.html AILSA ALLABY and MICHAEL ALLABY. "palimpsest." A Dictionary of Earth Sciences. 1999. Retrieved February 09, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O13-palimpsest.html |
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pal·imp·sest / ˈpalimpˌsest/ • n. a manuscript or piece of writing material on which the original writing has been effaced to make room for later writing but of which traces remain. ∎ fig. something reused or altered but still bearing visible traces of its earlier form: Sutton Place is a palimpsest of the taste of successive owners. DERIVATIVES: pal·imp·ses·tic / ˌpalimpˈsestik/ adj. |
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"palimpsest." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 9 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "palimpsest." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (February 9, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-palimpsest.html "palimpsest." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved February 09, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-palimpsest.html |
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palimpsest
1. A word derived from the Greek palimpsestos, meaning ‘to rub smooth again’, and used to describe a re-used parchment, paper, or ornamental brass from which the original writing or engraving has been only partially erased. 2. A landscape that bears the imprint of two or more sets of earlier geomorphological processes. For example, much of the Sahel region of Africa shows land-forms resulting from former wet and dry episodes. |
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MICHAEL ALLABY. "palimpsest." A Dictionary of Ecology. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 9 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MICHAEL ALLABY. "palimpsest." A Dictionary of Ecology. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (February 9, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O14-palimpsest.html MICHAEL ALLABY. "palimpsest." A Dictionary of Ecology. 2004. Retrieved February 09, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O14-palimpsest.html |
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palimpsest
palimpsest a manuscript or piece of writing material on which later writing has been superimposed on effaced earlier writing; in figurative use, something reused or altered but still bearing visible traces of its earlier form. Recorded from the mid 17th century, the word comes via Latin from Greek palimpsēstos, from palin ‘again’ and psēstos ‘rubbed smooth’.
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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "palimpsest." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 9 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "palimpsest." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (February 9, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-palimpsest.html ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "palimpsest." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Retrieved February 09, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-palimpsest.html |
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palimpsest, from πάλν ‘again’, and ψηστός ‘rubbed smooth’, a manuscript in which a later writing is superimposed on an effaced earlier writing. Of frequent occurrence in the early Middle Ages because of the cost of parchment.
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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "palimpsest." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 9 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "palimpsest." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (February 9, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-palimpsest.html MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "palimpsest." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved February 09, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-palimpsest.html |
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palimpsest †material prepared for writing on and wiping out XVII; parchment, etc., in which the original writing has been erased to make place for a second XIX. — L. palimpsestus — Gr. palímpsestos (as sb. -on), f. pálin again + psestós, pp. formation on psên rub smooth.
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T. F. HOAD. "palimpsest." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 9 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "palimpsest." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (February 9, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-palimpsest.html T. F. HOAD. "palimpsest." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved February 09, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-palimpsest.html |
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palimpsest An impact crater whose topography has been smoothed by glacier-like flow of the surface. The term was coined for features on the icy surfaces of Ganymede and Callisto. Palimpsests there consist of bright circular features, sometimes at the centre of concentric rings.
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"palimpsest." A Dictionary of Astronomy. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. 9 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "palimpsest." A Dictionary of Astronomy. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. (February 9, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O80-palimpsest.html "palimpsest." A Dictionary of Astronomy. 1997. Retrieved February 09, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O80-palimpsest.html |
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palimpsest. A MS from which the original writing has been obliterated and the surface then used for some other (usually quite different) writing. A famous example is the Codex Ephraemi (q.v.).
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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "palimpsest." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 9 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "palimpsest." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (February 9, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-palimpsest.html E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "palimpsest." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Retrieved February 09, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-palimpsest.html |
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palimpsest A parchment MS on which a text has been written over a previous writing which can sometimes be recovered by ultraviolet photography.
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W. R. F. BROWNING. "palimpsest." A Dictionary of the Bible. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. 9 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. W. R. F. BROWNING. "palimpsest." A Dictionary of the Bible. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. (February 9, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O94-palimpsest.html W. R. F. BROWNING. "palimpsest." A Dictionary of the Bible. 1997. Retrieved February 09, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O94-palimpsest.html |
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palimpsest : see manuscript . |
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"palimpsest." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 9 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "palimpsest." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (February 9, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-palimpse.html "palimpsest." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Retrieved February 09, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-palimpse.html |
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palimpsest •abreast, arrest, attest, beau geste, behest, bequest, best, blessed, blest, breast, Brest, Bucharest, Budapest, celeste, chest, contest, crest, digest, divest, guest, hest, infest, ingest, jest, lest, Midwest, molest, nest, northwest, pest, prestressed, protest, quest, rest, self-addressed, self-confessed, self-possessed, southwest, suggest, test, Trieste, unaddressed, unexpressed, unimpressed, unpressed, unstressed, vest, west, wrest, zest
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•incest • palimpsest • unprocessed
•road test • undervest • conquest
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"palimpsest." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 9 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "palimpsest." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (February 9, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-palimpsest.html "palimpsest." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved February 09, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-palimpsest.html |
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