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- Ancient Greek · derived fromδιαπειραίνω“to pierce through”
- English todaydiapir
From Ancient Greek διαπειραίνω (diapeiraínō, “to pierce through”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
diapir
Today it means: An intrusion of a ductile rock into an overburden. Full definition →
Ancient Greek διαπειραίνω