"isostasy" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ʌɪˈsɒstəsi/ [UK] Forms: isostasies [plural]
Etymology: From iso- + Ancient Greek στάσις (stásis, “a standing”). Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|iso}} iso- +, {{uder|en|grc|στάσις||a standing}} Ancient Greek στάσις (stásis, “a standing”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} isostasy (usually uncountable, plural isostasies)
  1. (geology) The state of balance or pressure equilibrium thought to exist within the Earth's crust, whereby the upper lithosphere floats on denser magma beneath. Wikipedia link: isostasy Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Geology Derived forms: glacioisostasy Related terms: isostatic, isostatics Translations (the state of balance of the Earth's lithosphere floating on the magma): isostasia (Finnish), isostasie (French), ισοστασία (isostasía) [feminine] (Greek), izosztázia (Hungarian), flotjafnvægi [neuter] (Icelandic), iseastacht [feminine] (Irish), katigalan (Tagalog), katiglan (Tagalog)

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