Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Capable of sustaining the pressure of superincumbent earth.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Civil Engin.) Relating to the pressure exerted by earth or similar substance.
- adjective an arch having a form adapted to sustain pressure similar to that exerted by earth.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective civil engineering Relating to the
pressure exerted byearth or similar substance.
Etymologies
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Examples
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After lying dormant beneath the ruling geostatic cosmologies, the Aristarchan geokinetic thinking was revived early in the sixteenth century of our era by
Dictionary of the History of Ideas EDWARD ROSEN 1968
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Geological modelization Construction of a geological 3D model with a geostatic interpolator Madrid, 27 de Octubre 2008 48
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The geostatic and consequently geocentric system of the universes is a provable, demonstrable reality - which makes the heliocentric view nothing but a flight of fancy.
unknown title 2008
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Bet contrary to many superficial assumptions the geostatic and geocentric view never died out.
unknown title 2008
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Bet contrary to many superficial assumptions the geostatic and geocentric view never died out.
unknown title 2008
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The geostatic and consequently geocentric system of the universes is a provable, demonstrable reality - which makes the heliocentric view nothing but a flight of fancy.
unknown title 2008
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