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terrace
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. Bibliography S. Muthesius (1982) |
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JAMES STEVENS CURL. "terrace." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 12 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAMES STEVENS CURL. "terrace." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (February 12, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-terrace.html JAMES STEVENS CURL. "terrace." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Retrieved February 12, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-terrace.html |
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ter·race / ˈteris/ • n. 1. a level paved area or platform next to a building; a patio or veranda. ∎ each of a series of flat areas made on a slope, used for cultivation. ∎ Geol. a natural horizontal shelflike formation, such as a raised beach. 2. chiefly Brit. a block of row houses. ∎ a row house. • v. [tr.] make or form (sloping land) into a number of level flat areas resembling a series of steps. |
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"terrace." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 12 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "terrace." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (February 12, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-terrace.html "terrace." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved February 12, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-terrace.html |
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terrace
terrace a level field built on top of a hillslope into the floor of a deep valley to improve cultivation of crops. Terracing uses the runoff from the hill to increase soil retentiveness and arability and is often part of a larger irrigation system that includes canals. Although widespread in areas of high population pressure, such as Japan and the Philippines, it has been abandoned in some regions, such as the Mediterranean, because of its high maintenance costs. |
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"terrace." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 12 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "terrace." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (February 12, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-terrace.html "terrace." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Retrieved February 12, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-terrace.html |
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terracing
terracing Stepped terrain found around the inside slopes of larger impact craters. Terraces are usually found in impact craters bigger than about 20 km. They may also occur within volcanic craters, particularly collapse craters and calderas. Terracing is caused by the slumping and sliding of large blocks of land down the steep inner crater slopes.
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"terracing." A Dictionary of Astronomy. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. 12 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "terracing." A Dictionary of Astronomy. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. (February 12, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O80-terracing.html "terracing." A Dictionary of Astronomy. 1997. Retrieved February 12, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O80-terracing.html |
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terrace
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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MICHAEL ALLABY. "terrace." A Dictionary of Ecology. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 12 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MICHAEL ALLABY. "terrace." A Dictionary of Ecology. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (February 12, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O14-terrace.html MICHAEL ALLABY. "terrace." A Dictionary of Ecology. 2004. Retrieved February 12, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O14-terrace.html |
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terrace
terrace A nearly flat portion of a landscape, 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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AILSA ALLABY and MICHAEL ALLABY. "terrace." A Dictionary of Earth Sciences. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. 12 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. AILSA ALLABY and MICHAEL ALLABY. "terrace." A Dictionary of Earth Sciences. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. (February 12, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O13-terrace.html AILSA ALLABY and MICHAEL ALLABY. "terrace." A Dictionary of Earth Sciences. 1999. Retrieved February 12, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O13-terrace.html |
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terrace
terrace †gallery, balcony; raised level walk. XVI. — OF. terrace, (also mod.) -asse †rubble, platform :- Rom. *terrāceus, -ācea, f. L. terra earth; see -ACEOUS.
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T. F. HOAD. "terrace." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 12 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "terrace." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (February 12, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-terrace.html T. F. HOAD. "terrace." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved February 12, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-terrace.html |
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Terrace
Terracea 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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"Terrace." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Encyclopedia.com. 12 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Terrace." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Encyclopedia.com. (February 12, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2505301570.html "Terrace." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Retrieved February 12, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2505301570.html |
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terrace
terrace
•arris, Clarice, Harries, Harris, Paris
•mattress • actress • benefactress
•Polaris • enchantress
•derris, Nerys, terrace
•Emrys • empress
•directress, Electress
•temptress • sempstress
•Apollinaris, heiress
•waitress • seamstress • ex libris
•headmistress, mistress
•housemistress • toastmistress
•schoolmistress • ancestress
•dentifrice
•iris, Osiris
•tigress, Tigris
•cypress
•Boris, doch-an-dorris, Doris, Horace, Maurice, Norris, orris
•cantoris, Dolores, loris
•laundress • fortress • jointress
•hubris • buttress
•conductress, instructress, seductress
•huntress • peeress • Beatrice
•arbitress • berberis • anchoress
•ephemeris • ambassadress
•adventuress • clitoris • authoress
•avarice
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"terrace." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 12 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "terrace." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (February 12, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-terrace.html "terrace." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved February 12, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-terrace.html |
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