Shale Definitions

Useful Words

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Shale Oil : ایک معدنی تیل , Hornfels : پتھر کے ٹکڑے , Hierarchal : درجہ بندی , Limestone : چونے کا پتھر , Mineral Vein : چٹان کی پرت , Saprolite : بوسیدہ پتھر , Slate : فرش پر لگانے کے پتھر , Breccia : نوک دار پتھر , Xenolith : کسی چٹان میں پائے جانے والے وہ ٹکڑے جو اس چٹان سے متعلق نہ ہوں , Deponent : شہادت دینے والا , Depone : حلفیہ بیان دینا , Flower People : انتہائی آزاد خیال لوگ , Argil : چکنی مٹی , Coil : چکر , Family Tree : کسی خاندان کا شجرہ نسب , Consecutive : لگاتار , Accumulative : انبار کا باعث , Cursive : ملے ملے حروف , Alternation : ادلنے بدلنے کا عمل , Argillaceous : مٹیالا , Ague : بخار اور کپکپی , Couplet : ایک ہی طرح کے دو مصرے , Canalis Vertebralis : ریڑھ کی نالی , Oblique Bandage : ایک قسم کی پٹی , Interlayer : درمیانی تہ , Crock : مٹکہ , Adobe : اینٹ کا گارا , Earthen : مٹی کا بنا ہوا , Pipe-Clay : پائپ مٹی سے سفید کرنا , Home Stand : قومی سیریز , Two-Ply : دو تہوں والا

Useful Words Definitions

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Shale Oil: oil extracted from oil shale by heating.

Hornfels: a fine-grained metamorphic rock formed by the action of heat on clay rocks.

Hierarchal: classified according to various criteria into successive levels or layers.

Limestone: a sedimentary rock consisting mainly of calcium that was deposited by the remains of marine animals.

Mineral Vein: a layer of ore between layers of rock.

Saprolite: a deposit of clay and disintegrating rock that is found in its original place.

Slate: a fine-grained metamorphic rock that can be split into thin layers.

Breccia: a rudaceous rock consisting of sharp fragments embedded in clay or sand.

Xenolith: (geology) a piece of rock of different origin from the igneous rock in which it is embedded.

Deponent: a person who testifies or gives a deposition.

Depone: make a deposition; declare under oath.

Flower People: a youth subculture (mostly from the middle class) originating in San Francisco in the 1960s; advocated universal love and peace and communes and long hair and soft drugs; favored acid rock and progressive rock music.

Argil: a white clay (especially a white clay used by potters).

Coil: a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals).

Family Tree: successive generations of kin.

Consecutive: successive (without a break).

Accumulative: increasing by successive addition.

Cursive: having successive letter joined together.

Alternation: successive change from one thing or state to another and back again.

Argillaceous: resembling or containing clay.

Ague: successive stages of chills and fever that is a symptom of malaria.

Couplet: a stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse; usually rhymed.

Canalis Vertebralis: the canal in successive vertebrae through which the spinal cord passes.

Oblique Bandage: a bandage in which successive turns proceed obliquely up or down a limb.

Interlayer: a layer placed between other layers.

Crock: an earthen jar (made of baked clay).

Adobe: the clay from which adobe bricks are made.

Earthen: made of earth (or baked clay).

Pipe-Clay: whiten or clean with pipe-clay.

Home Stand: a series of successive games played at a team`s home field or court.

Two-Ply: having a thickness made up of two layers or strands.