upthrowとは 意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

upthrow (三人称単数 現在形 upthrows, 現在分詞 upthrowing, 過去形 upthrew, 過去分詞 upthrown)

1. (archaic, poetic) To throw or cast upwards.
   • 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, II.29:

     For fifty tons of water were upthrown / By them per hour [...].

2. (geology, transitive) To throw up (a mass of material) from below, causing a fault.
3. (geology, intransitive, of a mass of material) To be thrown up from below, causing a fault.

名詞

upthrow (複数形 upthrows)

1. (geology) A fault in which a mass of material has been thrown up from below.

アナグラム

• throw up, throw-up, throwup