diapir
Meaning of diapir
noun
a domed rock formation in which a core of rock has moved upward to pierce the overlying strata.
early 20th century: from Greek diapeirainein ‘pierce through’, from dia ‘through’ + peirainein (from peran ‘pierce’).
Information about diapir
- It is a name.
- The plural form of diapir is: diapirs.
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di-apir
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- diapir is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
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