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peneplain
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun peneplain has 1 sense
- peneplain(n = noun.object) peneplane - a more or less level land surface representing an advanced stage of erosion undisturbed by crustal movements; Array is a kind of champaign, field, plain
CIDE DICTIONARY
peneplain, n. [L. paene, pene, almost + E. plain.].
A land surface reduced by erosion to the general condition of a plain, but not wholly devoid of hills; a base-level plain. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
peneplain, n. Geol. a fairly flat area of land produced by erosion.
Etymology
L paene almost + PLAIN(1)
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