| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Belt of variables | Mining | The belt of marine deposition extending from the coast (high watermark) to a depth of about 100 fathoms (183 m); i.e., corresponding roughly with the continental shelf (in the wide sense, to include the shore); passing into the mud belt at the inner mud line. (references) | |
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