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INCOMPETENT BED

Specialty Definition: INCOMPETENT BED

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Mining

A bed that, in a particular case of folding, has yielded to the lateral pressure by plastic adjustment and flow. This may result in the bedding being thrown into complex structures or in the development of more regular internal structures, particularly drag folds and fracture cleavage. The bed tends to thicken toward the hinges, and to thin in the limbs, of thefolds. See also:competent bed. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: INCOMPETENT BED

Specialty definitions using "INCOMPETENT BED": competent beddrag fold. (references)

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Modern Translation: INCOMPETENT BED

Language Translations for "INCOMPETENT BED"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

inkompetent lag. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

incompetente laag. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

inkompetentti kerros. (various references)

   

French

  

couche incompétente, assise tendre. (various references)

   

German

  

weiche Schicht, nachgebende Schicht. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

στρώμα ακατάλληλο στην πλαστική παραμόρφωση. (various references)

   

Italian

  

strato incompetente. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

incompetentay edbay

   

Portuguese

  

camada incompetente. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

capa incompetente. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

inkompetent skikt, inkompetent lager. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: INCOMPETENT BED

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "b-c-d-e-e-e-i-m-n-n-o-p-t-t"

-3 letters: incompetent.

-4 letters: comedienne, denotement, enticement, idempotent.

-5 letters: benempted, bentonite, cementite, centipede, competent, condiment, contemned, contented, deception, detection, detention, impendent, impotence, mentioned, obedience, penitence.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: INCOMPETENT BED


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

49 4E 43 4F 4D 50 45 54 45 4E 54      42 45 44

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001001 01001110 01000011 01001111 01001101 01010000 01000101 01010100 01000101 01001110 01010100 00100000 01000010 01000101 01000100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#73 &#78 &#67 &#79 &#77 &#80 &#69 &#84 &#69 &#78 &#84 &#32 &#66 &#69 &#68

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0049 004E 0043 004F 004D 0050 0045 0054 0045 004E 0054      0042 0045 0044

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

43483749475039543948542363938

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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Translations: Modern
3. Anagrams
4. Orthography
5. Bibliography


  

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