Glossary of landform and geologic terms. 2013.
tree-tip pit and mound topography — A local scale topography composed of irregularly spaced, small, closed depressions and adjacent mounds caused by the displacement of root balls from trees knocked down by wind (i.e., tree tip; also called tree throw). The result is a subdued,… … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
tree-tip pit — The small pit or depression resulting from an area vacated by the root plate (ball) resulting from tree tip ( tree throw ). Such pits are commonly adjacent to small mounds composed of the displaced material. Subsequent infilling commonly… … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
tree-tip mound — The small mound of debris sloughed from the root plate (root ball) of a tipped over tree. Sometimes called a cradle knoll (not recommended). Local soil horizons are commonly obliterated and result in heterogeneous strata. Compare: tree… … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
tree-throw — (not preferred) see tree tip, tree tip mound, tree tip pit … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
Tree — /tree/, n. Sir Herbert Beerbohm /bear bohm/, (Herbert Beerbohm), 1853 1917, English actor and theater manager; brother of Max Beerbohm. * * * I Woody perennial plant. Most trees have a single self supporting trunk containing woody tissues, and in … Universalium
Tree rearrangement — Tree rearrangements are used in heuristic algorithms devoted to searching for an optimal tree structure. They can be applied to any set of data that are naturally arranged into a tree, but have most applications in computational phylogenetics,… … Wikipedia
Tip Top (icecream) — Infobox Company name=Fonterra Brands (Tip Top) Ltd logo= type=Subsidiary foundation=1936 location=Auckland, New Zealand num employees= 380 industry =Frozen Confectionary Manufacturing products=Ice Cream, Ice Blocks homepage =… … Wikipedia
tree — treelike, adj. /tree/, n., v., treed, treeing. n. 1. a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground. 2. any of various shrubs,… … Universalium
tree frog — noun 1. arboreal amphibians usually having adhesive disks at the tip of each toe; of southeast Asia and Australia and America • Syn: ↑tree toad, ↑tree frog • Hypernyms: ↑frog, ↑toad, ↑toad frog, ↑anuran, ↑batrachian, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
tip — I. /tɪp / (say tip) noun 1. a slender or pointed extremity, especially of anything long or tapered: the tips of the fingers. 2. the top, summit, or apex. 3. a small piece or part, as of metal or leather, forming the extremity of something. 4. a… …
