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pressure ridge
noun
- a ridge produced on floating ice by buckling or crushing under lateral pressure of wind or ice.
- Geology. a ridge produced on a congealing lava flow by pressure from the still-liquid interior.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pressure ridge1
First recorded in 1895–1900
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Example Sentences
A movement began in the pack, and a pressure-ridge started directly for the ship.
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Boats, stores, and camp equipment had to be conveyed across a working pressure-ridge.
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Pacing back and forth in the lee of the pressure ridge near which our igloos were built, I made out my program.
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I should not like to have that pressure-ridge come in right under the nose of the Fram, as it might soon do some damage.
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The first and most pressing work which we had to take in hand was to remove part of the high-pressure ridge on the port side.
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